[Q 619] Prayer Ruling for Pronunciation Issues

QUESTION:

someone, due to illness, is unable to pronounce the words correctly, what is the ruling regarding their Namaz ?

ANSWER:

If a person, due to illness, is not قادر (qadir – able) to pronounce the words correctly, then for such a person, if possible, they should make arrangements to perform prayer behind an Imam. And for Sunnah (Sunnah – emphasized practice) and Nawafil (Nawafil – voluntary prayers), or if they are unable to even pray behind an Imam, then they should recite as correctly as they can with effort; to whatever extent they can perform correct recitation, their prayer will be valid with that, and after recovery, repeating (i‘adah – repetition) will also not be necessary.

It is mentioned in Mabsut lil-Sarakhsi:

قال: (فإن عجز عن القراءة تسقط عنه القراءة) لأن القراءة ركن كما أن القيام ركن، فلو عجز عن القيام سقط عنه القيام فكذلك هنا.
[Mabsut lil-Sarakhsi, Volume 01, Page 217]

And in Fatawa ‘Alamgiri:

وفي التجريد ‌ويفعل ‌المريض في صلاته من القراءة والتسبيح والتشهد ما يفعله الصحيح وإن عجز عن ذلك كله تركه، كذا في التتارخانية.
[Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyyah (1/137)]

Answered by: Mubashir Attari (AskMufti Scholar)
Verified by: Mufti Sajid Attari
Translated answer
Date: 26th April 2026.