Tayammum and Combining Prayers for the Sick Person
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question: Is it permissible for a sick person to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers, and to perform tayammum for each obligatory prayer separately?
Answer: As for the issue of tayammum, yes. It is permissible for a sick person to perform tayammum if he is unable to perform wudu due to his illness; because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has granted a dispensation to the sick person who is unable to perform wudu to perform tayammum for each prayer, or if he performs tayammum and his wudu does not become invalid, he may pray several prayers; because his ruling, according to the correct view, is the ruling of wudu, as long as none of the things that invalidate wudu have occurred with him.
As for if he is able to perform wudu, it is obligatory for him to perform wudu even if he is sick, even if it is with the help of someone who assists him in doing so.
Question: And what about combining?
Answer: As for combining, it is permissible for a sick person to combine the two prayers of Dhuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Isha, in the time of one of them, either by combining them early or by combining them late, according to what is more convenient for him, if he needs to combine them. As for if he does not need to combine them, it is obligatory for him to pray each prayer in its own time.
Answer: As for the issue of tayammum, yes. It is permissible for a sick person to perform tayammum if he is unable to perform wudu due to his illness; because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has granted a dispensation to the sick person who is unable to perform wudu to perform tayammum for each prayer, or if he performs tayammum and his wudu does not become invalid, he may pray several prayers; because his ruling, according to the correct view, is the ruling of wudu, as long as none of the things that invalidate wudu have occurred with him.
As for if he is able to perform wudu, it is obligatory for him to perform wudu even if he is sick, even if it is with the help of someone who assists him in doing so.
Question: And what about combining?
Answer: As for combining, it is permissible for a sick person to combine the two prayers of Dhuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Isha, in the time of one of them, either by combining them early or by combining them late, according to what is more convenient for him, if he needs to combine them. As for if he does not need to combine them, it is obligatory for him to pray each prayer in its own time.