Ibn Bazz: Some patients may neglect Salah

Some patients may neglect Salah 

Q: Some patients neglect Salah (Prayer), saying they will make up for them when they are cured. Others neglect Salah for they cannot purify themselves and remove Najasah (ritual impurity). Please, advise those people! 

A : It is not permissible to neglect Salah on the pretext of being unable to purify oneself as long as a person has a sound mind. A patient should offer Salah according to his capacity and should purify himself with water if he is able to use water; otherwise he can perform Tayammum (dry ablution) and offer Salah. He should wash the impurity from his body and clothes when Salah is due or he can also change his clothes. If a person is not able to change his clothes or remove the impurity, the obligation is overlooked for him. Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says, So keep your duty to Allâh and fear Him as much as you can The Prophet (peace be upon him) says, "If I order you to do something, do as much of it as you can.” (Agreed upon by Al­Bukhari and Muslim) 

When `Imran ibn Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was sick, the Prophet (peace be upon him) told him, "Perform Salah while standing, and if you can not, (perform it) sitting, and if you can not, (perform it) lying on your side." (Related by Al­Bukhari in his Sahih (authentic) book of Hadith)This Hadith is also recorded by Al­Nasa'y with a Sahih 

chainofnarratorswiththisaddition, "Ifyoucannotdoeventhat,youcanpraylyingonyourback."

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