The ruling on one who left the prayer during his illness and then made it up
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Question:
One of them says: I had a father who was ill, and he was unable to use water or perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). He did not pray during his illness, which lasted fifteen days. When he recovered from his illness, he made up those prayers, performing each obligatory prayer along with its corresponding obligatory prayers. What is your opinion?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
First, he is mistaken. It is obligatory for him to do what he is able to do. If he is able to use water, he performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer); otherwise, he performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). If he is unable to do so, someone else performs it for him: his brother, his wife, or someone else strikes the earth with his hands and wipes his face and forearms with the intention on his behalf. He tells him, "Do it," commanding him while the patient intends it. The patient intends, and the servant or his agent strikes the earth with his hands and wipes his face and forearms with it if he is unable to do so himself. As for praying without wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and without tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), this is not permissible.
And leaving the prayer is also not permissible. All of that is a mistake on his part. If he left it for this reason, thinking that he is excused due to his inability to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), then he must make up the prayers. He does not make them up by performing each prayer with its corresponding prayer; no, he makes them all up, even if in one time, even if in one mid-morning period, reciting them in sequence.
As for the common saying: "Each prayer with its corresponding prayer," this has no basis. One who has prayers to make up recites them in sequence, in the mid-morning or in the midday, praise be to Allah, or at night according to his capacity, reciting them in sequence. No one is allowed to delay the prayer because he has no water or no tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). No, rather, wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is obligatory for him. If water is not available, he performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). They bring him some good earth, and he strikes it with his hands and wipes his face and forearms. If he is unable because he cannot move due to illness, then the trusted servant he has, or his brother, or his mother, or his father performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for him. He commands them to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for him, and he intends it in his heart, and they strike the earth and wipe his face and forearms with the intention on his behalf. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
One of them says: I had a father who was ill, and he was unable to use water or perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). He did not pray during his illness, which lasted fifteen days. When he recovered from his illness, he made up those prayers, performing each obligatory prayer along with its corresponding obligatory prayers. What is your opinion?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
First, he is mistaken. It is obligatory for him to do what he is able to do. If he is able to use water, he performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer); otherwise, he performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). If he is unable to do so, someone else performs it for him: his brother, his wife, or someone else strikes the earth with his hands and wipes his face and forearms with the intention on his behalf. He tells him, "Do it," commanding him while the patient intends it. The patient intends, and the servant or his agent strikes the earth with his hands and wipes his face and forearms with it if he is unable to do so himself. As for praying without wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and without tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), this is not permissible.
And leaving the prayer is also not permissible. All of that is a mistake on his part. If he left it for this reason, thinking that he is excused due to his inability to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), then he must make up the prayers. He does not make them up by performing each prayer with its corresponding prayer; no, he makes them all up, even if in one time, even if in one mid-morning period, reciting them in sequence.
As for the common saying: "Each prayer with its corresponding prayer," this has no basis. One who has prayers to make up recites them in sequence, in the mid-morning or in the midday, praise be to Allah, or at night according to his capacity, reciting them in sequence. No one is allowed to delay the prayer because he has no water or no tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). No, rather, wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is obligatory for him. If water is not available, he performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). They bring him some good earth, and he strikes it with his hands and wipes his face and forearms. If he is unable because he cannot move due to illness, then the trusted servant he has, or his brother, or his mother, or his father performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for him. He commands them to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for him, and he intends it in his heart, and they strike the earth and wipe his face and forearms with the intention on his behalf. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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