How to perform ritual purity for one who is unable to perform wudu'
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Question:
This questioner, who used the initials (A. H. 'A) as a code for his name, says in his question: I inform you, O Shaykh, that I am an elderly man, seventy years old. I pray the four obligatory prayers except for the Fajr prayer, which I am unable to perform because I cannot perform wudu'. Some people advised me not to use the air conditioner because it affects my knee, but I cannot do without this air conditioner due to the intense heat. Some people informed me and said to me: perform tayammum. Others said: it is not permissible for you to perform tayammum because water is available; if water is present, tayammum is invalid. So, is there a sin on me if I leave the Fajr prayer?
The Shaykh: Repeat, repeat.
The presenter: This questioner says: I inform you that I am an elderly man, seventy years old. I pray the four obligatory prayers except for the Fajr prayer, which I am unable to perform because I cannot perform wudu'. Some people advised me not to use the air conditioner because it affects my knee, but I cannot do without this air conditioner due to the intense heat. Some people informed me and said to me: perform tayammum. Others said to me: tayammum is not sufficient because water is available. So, is there a sin on me if I leave the Fajr prayer, since I am excused? Or is it permissible for me to pray it with the Zuhr prayer, and is tayammum permissible for me?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to pray Fajr in its time. If you are able to pray it in the mosque with the congregation, it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation. If you are unable to do so due to an illness in your knees, pray it at home. You must perform wudu', even with heated water if cold water is difficult for you; use heated water so that you can perform wudu': wash your face, your hands, wipe your head, and wash your feet. If you have an illness that prevents you from doing this, and you cannot perform wudu', and there is no wife to help you with this, or a son, or the like; then perform tayammum in case of inability; because Allah says: [Surat al-Nisa: 43].
And so it is with the one who is unable who finds [water] but cannot use it, cannot perform wudu'; his ruling is the ruling of the one who does not find [water]. However, if you are able to use water in your room, and water is brought to you in a vessel to perform wudu' in; wash your face, your hands, wipe your head, and wash your feet with warm water; it is obligatory for you, and tayammum is not permissible for you.
As for the front and back passages, you must use istinja' with tissues, and that is sufficient. If you wipe the back and front passages with tissues three times or more until you clean the area, that is sufficient, and it is called istinja'. Then perform the wudu' for prayer: rinse your mouth and inhale water into your nose, wash your face and your hands up to the elbows, wipe your head including the ears, and wash your feet with heated water. If it is easy for your mother, or your sister, or your wife, or your son to help you; praise be to Allah. If you are unable to do all of this, then perform tayammum, and praise be to Allah, with dust on your face and your palms. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
This questioner, who used the initials (A. H. 'A) as a code for his name, says in his question: I inform you, O Shaykh, that I am an elderly man, seventy years old. I pray the four obligatory prayers except for the Fajr prayer, which I am unable to perform because I cannot perform wudu'. Some people advised me not to use the air conditioner because it affects my knee, but I cannot do without this air conditioner due to the intense heat. Some people informed me and said to me: perform tayammum. Others said: it is not permissible for you to perform tayammum because water is available; if water is present, tayammum is invalid. So, is there a sin on me if I leave the Fajr prayer?
The Shaykh: Repeat, repeat.
The presenter: This questioner says: I inform you that I am an elderly man, seventy years old. I pray the four obligatory prayers except for the Fajr prayer, which I am unable to perform because I cannot perform wudu'. Some people advised me not to use the air conditioner because it affects my knee, but I cannot do without this air conditioner due to the intense heat. Some people informed me and said to me: perform tayammum. Others said to me: tayammum is not sufficient because water is available. So, is there a sin on me if I leave the Fajr prayer, since I am excused? Or is it permissible for me to pray it with the Zuhr prayer, and is tayammum permissible for me?
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to pray Fajr in its time. If you are able to pray it in the mosque with the congregation, it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation. If you are unable to do so due to an illness in your knees, pray it at home. You must perform wudu', even with heated water if cold water is difficult for you; use heated water so that you can perform wudu': wash your face, your hands, wipe your head, and wash your feet. If you have an illness that prevents you from doing this, and you cannot perform wudu', and there is no wife to help you with this, or a son, or the like; then perform tayammum in case of inability; because Allah says:
and find no water, then seek clean earth
فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُواAnd so it is with the one who is unable who finds [water] but cannot use it, cannot perform wudu'; his ruling is the ruling of the one who does not find [water]. However, if you are able to use water in your room, and water is brought to you in a vessel to perform wudu' in; wash your face, your hands, wipe your head, and wash your feet with warm water; it is obligatory for you, and tayammum is not permissible for you.
As for the front and back passages, you must use istinja' with tissues, and that is sufficient. If you wipe the back and front passages with tissues three times or more until you clean the area, that is sufficient, and it is called istinja'. Then perform the wudu' for prayer: rinse your mouth and inhale water into your nose, wash your face and your hands up to the elbows, wipe your head including the ears, and wash your feet with heated water. If it is easy for your mother, or your sister, or your wife, or your son to help you; praise be to Allah. If you are unable to do all of this, then perform tayammum, and praise be to Allah, with dust on your face and your palms. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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