Missing several prayers due to fainting or anesthesia
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When a person undergoes a surgical operation, the procedure lasts for several hours. Furthermore, after leaving the operating room, the person remains under the influence of anesthesia for several more hours. Consequently, several prayers are missed. What should he do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: If he regains consciousness and becomes alert, he prays the prayers, just as a sleeping person does. His ruling is the same as that of a sleeping person or one who has fainted due to temporary causes. So, when he becomes alert, he prays all the prayers, just as a sleeping person does. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. The prayers he missed during...?
The Shaykh: During the operation and its aftermath, he prays them after he recovers and becomes alert. He performs wudu' and prays them. If he is unable to perform wudu' because his illness prevents him from using water, he performs tayammum and prays them. Yes.
As for what comes out from the back passage or the front passage, he has a choice. If he is able, he may clean himself with water. Or, if he wishes, he may remove it by istinja' using rough, pure wooden sticks, wiping three times or more, or with stones or other pure, clean, rough objects until the impurity is removed, on the condition that this is done three times or more. If less than three times is insufficient, he increases the number until the impurity is removed, whether to five times or seven times, until the impurity is removed. Yes. Then he performs wudu' for prayer.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: If he regains consciousness and becomes alert, he prays the prayers, just as a sleeping person does. His ruling is the same as that of a sleeping person or one who has fainted due to temporary causes. So, when he becomes alert, he prays all the prayers, just as a sleeping person does. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. The prayers he missed during...?
The Shaykh: During the operation and its aftermath, he prays them after he recovers and becomes alert. He performs wudu' and prays them. If he is unable to perform wudu' because his illness prevents him from using water, he performs tayammum and prays them. Yes.
As for what comes out from the back passage or the front passage, he has a choice. If he is able, he may clean himself with water. Or, if he wishes, he may remove it by istinja' using rough, pure wooden sticks, wiping three times or more, or with stones or other pure, clean, rough objects until the impurity is removed, on the condition that this is done three times or more. If less than three times is insufficient, he increases the number until the impurity is removed, whether to five times or seven times, until the impurity is removed. Yes. Then he performs wudu' for prayer.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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