Wa `alaykum as-salamu wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

All praise is due to Allah, peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

 

I earnestly pray to Allah, the All-Merciful, to grant you quick recovery.

 

The Islamic Shari`ah is intrinsically easy and never lays burdens on people. In cases of hardship and suffering, Shari`ah concessions and licenses always arise. A Muslim who suffers from incontinence has to wait until the time of the salah (Prayer) begins and then starts to remove najasah (ritual impurity) from his body and clothes, if possible. He needs also to use something like a diaper in order to contain the spread of the najasah. Any impurity discharged thereafter will be pardonable. Then he starts to make ablution and perform the salah.

 

Moreover, in extreme cases of incontinence when it is hard to do these steps five times for each salah, one may combine Zhur and `Asr together at the time of any of them and Maghrib and `Isha’ together at the time of any of them, according to the Hanbalites. This will reduce the number to 3 times only.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.