How should a severely burned patient who cannot perform ablution or dry ablution perform prayer, and is prayer still obligatory?

Summary

A patient unable to perform wudhu or tayammum falls under the category of faqid al-tohurain, meaning a person who has lost both means of purification. Scholars differ on this issue, but prayer remains obligatory even without wudhu and tayammum. If the period of incapacity is long, the person must pray but does not need to make up the prayers, following the view chosen by Imam Nawawi in agreement with Imam al-Muzani. If the period is short, the patient must pray and must also make up the prayer later, according to the established view of the Shafie school.

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