If the signs of death appear on a sick person, is the person with him allowed to delay the prayer in order to teach him the testimony of faith?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, regarding the care of a sick person.
The Shaykh : In.
The questioner : Caring for a sick person.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A person on whom the signs of death have appeared.
The Shaykh : What are the signs?
The questioner : I mean, a severely ill person.
The Shaykh : Severely ill.
The questioner : For example, he is on his deathbed.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does a person judge that if he waits a long time, he will hesitate?
The Shaykh : I mean, this man becomes ill.
The questioner : That is, when the time has passed.
The questioner : In a case like this, if he is in the first prayer, he combines it with the second, if it is one that can be combined with it, meaning this is permissible for him, understood? But delaying the prayer beyond its time when it is of the kind that cannot be combined with what follows is not permissible; he must pray.
The Shaykh : In.
The questioner : Caring for a sick person.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A person on whom the signs of death have appeared.
The Shaykh : What are the signs?
The questioner : I mean, a severely ill person.
The Shaykh : Severely ill.
The questioner : For example, he is on his deathbed.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does a person judge that if he waits a long time, he will hesitate?
The Shaykh : I mean, this man becomes ill.
The questioner : That is, when the time has passed.
The questioner : In a case like this, if he is in the first prayer, he combines it with the second, if it is one that can be combined with it, meaning this is permissible for him, understood? But delaying the prayer beyond its time when it is of the kind that cannot be combined with what follows is not permissible; he must pray.