How to perform prayer and fasting for an elderly person with dementia.
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Question:
My father is a man who has reached extreme old age, and he no longer recognizes his sons or daughters, nor the cardinal directions. What is required of him regarding prayer and fasting?
Answer:
Answer: He owes nothing, if he does not have his mind, if he has reached a state of dementia where he cannot perceive things and does not recognize them, he owes no acts of worship.
My father is a man who has reached extreme old age, and he no longer recognizes his sons or daughters, nor the cardinal directions. What is required of him regarding prayer and fasting?
Answer:
Answer: He owes nothing, if he does not have his mind, if he has reached a state of dementia where he cannot perceive things and does not recognize them, he owes no acts of worship.
Source
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