What is required of a pregnant woman who stopped praying due to urinary incontinence?
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Q: The sister: M. H. - from the Maghreb region, she says: A woman in her ninth month of pregnancy suffers from urinary incontinence at all times. She stopped praying in the last month. Is this abandoning the prayer? And what is required of her?
A: It is not permissible for the woman mentioned and those like her to stop praying. Rather, it is obligatory for her to pray according to her condition, and to perform wudu' for the time of each prayer, like a woman with irregular bleeding. She should protect herself with what she can, such as cotton or the like, and pray the prayer at its time. It is prescribed for her to pray the voluntary prayers at their times, and she may combine the two prayers of Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', like a woman with irregular bleeding. This is based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) : [Surat al-Taghabun: 16].
And she must make up the prayers she left off, along with repentance to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) . This is by feeling regret for what she did and resolving not to return to it. This is based on the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) : [Surat al-Nur: 31].
A: It is not permissible for the woman mentioned and those like her to stop praying. Rather, it is obligatory for her to pray according to her condition, and to perform wudu' for the time of each prayer, like a woman with irregular bleeding. She should protect herself with what she can, such as cotton or the like, and pray the prayer at its time. It is prescribed for her to pray the voluntary prayers at their times, and she may combine the two prayers of Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', like a woman with irregular bleeding. This is based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) :
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْAnd she must make up the prayers she left off, along with repentance to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) . This is by feeling regret for what she did and resolving not to return to it. This is based on the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) :
And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
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binbaz.org.sa
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