Some patients leave off prayer on the excuse that they are unable to perform ritual purity; is there a word for the brother patients, and what is obligatory for them regarding this?
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The questioner : Some patients leave off prayer on the excuse that they are unable to perform ritual purity; is there a word for the brother patients? And what is obligatory for them regarding this?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for the patient to pray the prayer in its time. He may combine the midday and afternoon prayers, or the sunset and night prayers, if it is difficult for him to pray each prayer in its time. He should first pray with water, performing ritual purity with water. If it is difficult for him, or if he fears harm from it, he should perform dry ablution with clean earth. This is the first point.
Second, it is obligatory for him to pray standing. If he cannot, then sitting. If he cannot, then on his side.
Third, it is obligatory for him to pray with a pure garment and a pure bed. If he is unable, he prays even if his garment is not pure and his bed is not pure, if he cannot change them. Likewise, if he has no water and nothing with which to perform dry ablution with clean earth, he prays even without dry ablution or water. The important thing is that he does not delay the prayer from its time under any circumstances. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for the patient to pray the prayer in its time. He may combine the midday and afternoon prayers, or the sunset and night prayers, if it is difficult for him to pray each prayer in its time. He should first pray with water, performing ritual purity with water. If it is difficult for him, or if he fears harm from it, he should perform dry ablution with clean earth. This is the first point.
Second, it is obligatory for him to pray standing. If he cannot, then sitting. If he cannot, then on his side.
Third, it is obligatory for him to pray with a pure garment and a pure bed. If he is unable, he prays even if his garment is not pure and his bed is not pure, if he cannot change them. Likewise, if he has no water and nothing with which to perform dry ablution with clean earth, he prays even without dry ablution or water. The important thing is that he does not delay the prayer from its time under any circumstances. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh.