Is there any obligation on an elderly woman who has lost her mind due to paralysis?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a man asked me to ask you a question, and its text is that his mother is eighty-five years old, and she was struck by paralysis, and her tongue also stopped speaking. She does not pray and does not fast. What is the ruling on that? And what should be done for her? She has been in this state for six years.
The Shaykh : And she is in this condition.
The questioner : In this state.
The Shaykh : If the mother has her mind with her.
The questioner : She has nothing with her.
The Shaykh : She does not have her mind.
The questioner : Sometimes she takes nothing and gives nothing.
The Shaykh : Then fasting is not obligatory on her, and prayer is not obligatory on her.
The questioner : Should charity be given on her behalf?
The Shaykh : And no charity is given on her behalf.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Because the obligation of worship has fallen off her due to the loss of her mind.
The questioner : Okay, there is a second question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, there is only one question in it.
The Shaykh : And she is in this condition.
The questioner : In this state.
The Shaykh : If the mother has her mind with her.
The questioner : She has nothing with her.
The Shaykh : She does not have her mind.
The questioner : Sometimes she takes nothing and gives nothing.
The Shaykh : Then fasting is not obligatory on her, and prayer is not obligatory on her.
The questioner : Should charity be given on her behalf?
The Shaykh : And no charity is given on her behalf.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Because the obligation of worship has fallen off her due to the loss of her mind.
The questioner : Okay, there is a second question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, there is only one question in it.