Is it permissible for my father to perform tayammum for prayer, given that he is ill and unable to purify himself from urine or rise from bed?
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The has made capacity the criterion for obligation, as Allah Almighty says: "Allah does not burden a soul except with what He has given it." And among the jurisprudential rules is that hardship brings ease, and when a matter becomes difficult, it expands. If your father is able to perform ablution without harm, then he must do so, even with assistance. If he is unable, he should perform . He is not obligated to remove impurities due to the difficulty of it, and he should pray in the condition that he is able to.
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