The ruling on one who misses the prayer due to fainting
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This man says: I am a man suffering from diabetes, and I take medication for it. Sometimes my blood sugar drops below the normal level, and then I faint in my sleep. When I wake up, I do not know whether I am on the day I fell asleep or the day after. So I ask my relatives, and they tell me the correct day. I pray doing my best, but I cannot keep track of my prayer in terms of the number of rak'ahs. Are these prayers valid, or must I repeat them when I fully recover? Thank you (S. M. T), Riyadh?
Answer: It is obligatory for one who faints that when he wakes up and his fainting passes, he makes up the missed prayers, if the duration of the fainting is short, such as one day, two days, or three days. It is reported from some of the Companions that they fainted, such as 'Amir and others, and they made up the prayers. So when he wakes up and his fainting passes, he makes up what was missed. However, he should not rush until his mind returns to him, meaning: until his mind is settled. He should not rush before his mind is settled so that he can distinguish between the rak'ahs. No, he should not rush, until his mind is steady, until he is able to perform the prayers in a controlled manner.
As for if he performs them while his mind is still not distinguishing between two and three rak'ahs, then he has not yet recovered his mind, and his prayer is not valid. Rather, he must be patient and careful. When his mind is fully present and his condition is settled, he makes up the days that his brothers, who knew his condition, informed him he had missed. Yes.
The presenter: But regarding the prayers he prayed while he had not recovered from the fainting, does he repeat them?
The Shaykh: He repeats them. Yes, the prayers he prayed without awareness, where he did not keep track of them, he repeats them. Yes.
The presenter: And if he does not know whether it was Zuhr or 'Asr?
The Shaykh: He estimates based on his best judgment, and he repeats it. Yes.
The presenter: You have done well, may Allah reward you!
Answer: It is obligatory for one who faints that when he wakes up and his fainting passes, he makes up the missed prayers, if the duration of the fainting is short, such as one day, two days, or three days. It is reported from some of the Companions that they fainted, such as 'Amir and others, and they made up the prayers. So when he wakes up and his fainting passes, he makes up what was missed. However, he should not rush until his mind returns to him, meaning: until his mind is settled. He should not rush before his mind is settled so that he can distinguish between the rak'ahs. No, he should not rush, until his mind is steady, until he is able to perform the prayers in a controlled manner.
As for if he performs them while his mind is still not distinguishing between two and three rak'ahs, then he has not yet recovered his mind, and his prayer is not valid. Rather, he must be patient and careful. When his mind is fully present and his condition is settled, he makes up the days that his brothers, who knew his condition, informed him he had missed. Yes.
The presenter: But regarding the prayers he prayed while he had not recovered from the fainting, does he repeat them?
The Shaykh: He repeats them. Yes, the prayers he prayed without awareness, where he did not keep track of them, he repeats them. Yes.
The presenter: And if he does not know whether it was Zuhr or 'Asr?
The Shaykh: He estimates based on his best judgment, and he repeats it. Yes.
The presenter: You have done well, may Allah reward you!
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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