Examination of some individual and social religious duties of the physically disabled from the perspective of verses and hadiths: A content analysis research

Physically handicapped people, due to their disability, are naturally unable to perform some of their devotional duties. In religious teachings, based on the rule of negation of hardship and the rule of burdensome duty, the religious duties of physically-disabled individuals are legislated in proportion to the physical ability. Awareness of the disabled about this matter provides the ground for their interest and commitment to do their religious duties. Therefore, the present study, with the aim of explaining some individual and social devotional duties of the physically disabled in religious teachings, sought to answer this question with a descriptive-analytical method: " From the point of view of verses and hadiths, how should the disabled perform some individual and social worship duties?". According to the findings of research in verses and hadiths, at least the quality of performing four individual worship duties of the disabled, including Prayer, Hajj, duʿāʾ, and learning religious issues, and the quality of performing their four social worship duties, including Adhan, congregational prayer and congregation imamate, jihād, and martyrdom, has been spoken. The performance of these duties will bring peace of mind to the disabled, and they will be able to resist the onslaught of despair and possible depression in the light of continuous communication with God Almighty in the form of certain acts of worship and will overcome the problems caused by the disabled..