Book 2. Chapter 10: Prayer of the Sick

Question 1

If standing increases sickness then

Answer 1

one should pray sitting.

Question 2

The daleel for sitting when sick is

Answer 2

Imran ibn Husayn “Pray standing, and if you cannot, then sitting, and if you cannot, then on your side.”

Question 3

If one wakes up from a coma

Answer 3

He should make up for his prayers

Question 4

If it is hard for one to pray during the prescribed time one can

Answer 4

Combine the prayers whether it is in the time of the earlier prayer or the latter.

Question 5

The time in between combining the prayers should not be longer than,

Answer 5

the time to make wudoo

Question 6

If one is going to combine starting with the earlier prayer

Answer 6

One must make the intention to combine.

The excuse for combining must remain until he starts praying the second.

Question 7

If one defers combining until the start of the second prayer one must

Answer 7

1. Still have the excuse for combining.
2. He must make his intention to bombine during the time ofthe first before it is too late to pray it on time. (This is not a condition)

Question 8

What other times do we find combining to be permissible?

Answer 8

1. When one is traveling and has the concession for shortening the prayers.
2. When it is raining and combining Maghrib and Isha, also Duhur and Asr.