Is it obligatory for a person confined to a wheelchair to hire someone to push him to prayer?
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Question:
A man is confined to a wheelchair; is he required to hire someone to push him so that he can attend the prayer?
Answer:
It appears to me that it is permissible for him to pray at home if he is confined to a wheelchair, but if he expects a reward from Allah, may Allah reward him with good, he has a valid legal excuse. However, if he expects a reward, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
Q: Should it not be said: "That without which the obligatory cannot be completed is itself obligatory"?
The Shaykh: One who crawls is not required to do so.
Q: On a wheelchair, may Allah forgive you?
The Shaykh: On a wheelchair, yes.
A man is confined to a wheelchair; is he required to hire someone to push him so that he can attend the prayer?
Answer:
It appears to me that it is permissible for him to pray at home if he is confined to a wheelchair, but if he expects a reward from Allah, may Allah reward him with good, he has a valid legal excuse. However, if he expects a reward, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
We would go to it even if we had to crawl.
لأتوهما ولو حبوًاQ: Should it not be said: "That without which the obligatory cannot be completed is itself obligatory"?
The Shaykh: One who crawls is not required to do so.
Q: On a wheelchair, may Allah forgive you?
The Shaykh: On a wheelchair, yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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