Prayer When Ill
130 questions
What is the ruling on prayer and purity for someone who suffers from a spinal cord problem that leads to an inability to control urine, gas, and feces? Is it permissible to pray while wearing a urine collection bag or a diaper outside the home? Do missed prayers from many years after the injury have to be made up?
What is the ruling on a father not praying and his frequent need to use the restroom as an excuse, and what is the ruling on his wife staying with him in this situation, and what is the ruling on his forbidding his wife from voluntary fasting without a reason?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who has prayed on a chair for more than three months due to a heart surgery?
Should a mother who suffers from knee osteoarthritis pray standing, then sit after the bowing (rukūʿ) and nod her head for prostration (sujūd) in all the cycles (rakʿāt), or only in the first one and then sit for the rest of the cycles?
Is it permissible for the Imam of the mosque to ask the congregants to supplicate for a sick or injured brother or one in need during their prostrations (sujud), before or after the establishment of the prayer?
Does the unconscious person (for an hour) pray while asleep, or do they wait until they wake up to pray?
What is the ruling regarding a father's discontinuation of prayer and remembrance of Allah after suffering two strokes that cost him his sight and paralyzed his hand, and is it permissible for others to supplicate for him, pray, and gift him the reward of their prayers?
Is there a legitimate dispensation that alleviates the burden on a sick person whose urine is constantly impure, and for whom it is difficult to perform ghusl five times for the prayers?
Is partial ghusl from janabah, and praying with it, considered valid if it is not possible to wash the entire body due to circumstances of accident and illness, based on the Almighty’s saying: ﴿So fear Allah as much as you are able﴾, and is it obligatory to repeat the prayer?
Is a worshiper considered sinful if he prays standing while able to stand, but unable to prostrate except by इशारा (gesturing), even though he is able to pray sitting?
Is it permissible to pray while sitting due to knee stiffness, and does that affect the validity and acceptance of the prayer?
What is the ruling concerning a maternal aunt, ninety years of age, whose mind is sound, but who neither remembers Allah nor prays, and knows nothing but insults, bearing in mind that she was like this before she injured her leg?
Are my prayers invalid because I did not buy the ointment at the time, knowing that there were traces of feces?
How does one pray sitting, and must he prostrate on something in his hand, and is it permissible for him to stand and sit on a chair only during prostration and tashahhud?
Is it possible for me not to prostrate on the ground because I feel suffocated?
Can a woman pray while sitting if prostrating affects her knees?
How can I pray while in the hospital for a blood transfusion, given that my body is connected to tubes and medical devices, and is it permissible for me to pray with my 'awrah uncovered and without being able to face the Qiblah, or should I delay the prayer until I return home?
Is prostration waived for someone who cannot bend their left leg after surgery, but can prostrate with only their head and hands while sitting cross-legged?
What can we do so that my father, who is over 85 years old, may pray, given that he cannot maintain physical or clothing purity due to his inability to control defecation or urination, and is an expiation (kaffarah) obligatory upon him for not praying?
Is the prayer valid for someone who prays the obligatory (Fard) and supererogatory (Ratibah) prayers standing from the beginning until the Taslim, despite being able to stand or pray on his side, but unable to sit on the ground or a chair? And is his prayer valid for the supererogatory (Ratibah) and Witr prayers if he prays them standing, whether he is incapacitated or not?
Is it permissible for a person afflicted with constant seminal discharge (sals al-madhy) to combine prayers with a single ablution and perform them before their prescribed time due to the difficulty of performing ablution after the application of a cast?
Is a paralyzed worshipper, who cannot bend his legs, required to prostrate on the bed (with his forehead touching the bed) during his prayer while he is on the bed?
Is it obligatory for one who suffers from intermittent flatulence to hasten in prayer so that nothing is emitted from him, and is he sinful if he delays?
What is the ruling on the children of a paralyzed grandmother helping their granddaughter with ablution, and must she perform istinjāʾ for every prayer, taking into account her health conditions?