How does one make up the prayer if he left it for two days due to a fainting spell?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
How does one make up a prayer that was missed for two days due to illness or fainting, and when?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. This illness is either such that his mind is gone, meaning: he fainted. In this case, he owes no make-up, because he is unconscious and has lost his mind, and he is not like the sleeper who wakes up when you wake him.
As for when his mind is with him, it is not permissible for him to delay the prayer. He must pray according to his condition, even if only by intention. Even if—let us suppose—he cannot move, he must intend in his heart the takbir, the recitation, the bowing, and the prostration. But some patients, due to the tightness of their chests and being in distress, when told to pray, say: "If Allah heals me, I will pray." This is a mistake, a very serious danger. If he dies in this state, it is feared that he may be a disbeliever. For this reason, it is obligatory for the nurses who care for their relatives, if they say this, to warn them. Say to them: "Pray, even if only by intention, as long as the mind is present." Can he lose it? He cannot lose it, nor is he incapable of it. That is to say, if we suppose he is unable to gesture with his head or his eyes, we say: Praise be to Allah, the intention is open. But in any case: if we suppose he did that thinking there is no harm, or as some patients do, their clothes are impure and they say: "I cannot put on pure clothes or wash the impurity. I will wait until Allah heals me and I purify myself." We say: This is also forbidden. Pray even in the impure clothes, because Allah says:[At-Taghabun 64:16]
The questioner : He intends the purity
The Shaykh : to the extent he is able. If he is able to purify himself, he purifies himself. If he is not able, but I do not think he is able while he is not able to move
The questioner : He intends
The Shaykh : If he does not intend it, it is dropped from him.
How does one make up a prayer that was missed for two days due to illness or fainting, and when?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. This illness is either such that his mind is gone, meaning: he fainted. In this case, he owes no make-up, because he is unconscious and has lost his mind, and he is not like the sleeper who wakes up when you wake him.
As for when his mind is with him, it is not permissible for him to delay the prayer. He must pray according to his condition, even if only by intention. Even if—let us suppose—he cannot move, he must intend in his heart the takbir, the recitation, the bowing, and the prostration. But some patients, due to the tightness of their chests and being in distress, when told to pray, say: "If Allah heals me, I will pray." This is a mistake, a very serious danger. If he dies in this state, it is feared that he may be a disbeliever. For this reason, it is obligatory for the nurses who care for their relatives, if they say this, to warn them. Say to them: "Pray, even if only by intention, as long as the mind is present." Can he lose it? He cannot lose it, nor is he incapable of it. That is to say, if we suppose he is unable to gesture with his head or his eyes, we say: Praise be to Allah, the intention is open. But in any case: if we suppose he did that thinking there is no harm, or as some patients do, their clothes are impure and they say: "I cannot put on pure clothes or wash the impurity. I will wait until Allah heals me and I purify myself." We say: This is also forbidden. Pray even in the impure clothes, because Allah says:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe questioner : He intends the purity
The Shaykh : to the extent he is able. If he is able to purify himself, he purifies himself. If he is not able, but I do not think he is able while he is not able to move
The questioner : He intends
The Shaykh : If he does not intend it, it is dropped from him.