Salaah of a dementia patient

Q: My mother is 83 years old and has dementia. She cannot perform salaah because she cannot remember and is not paak. What will be her situation for the missed salaah?

A: If the dementia is chronic and she does not return to a normal state at all then she is not responsible for the salaah missed in this state.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)