According to the more correct opinion, if a person misses prayers when he is travelling and makes them up when he is at home, he should make them up in a shortened form as if he prayed them whilst travelling.

There is a concession allowing Maghrib and `Isha’ prayers to be joined at the time of Maghrib when there is rain that soaks people’s clothes and will cause hardship when going to the mosque for `Isha’ prayer.

It is permissible to miss Jumu`ah and prayers in congregation in the event of heavy rain, cold wind or snow which is bothersome to people and makes it difficult for them to go to Jumu`ah.

You can pray Dhuhr and Asr or Maghrib and `Isha’ together in these cases: for the traveller, for one who is sick, for one who is breastfeeding, one who is unable to purify himself with water or to do Tayammum for every prayer, one who is unable to work out the time, and one who is suffering from Istihadah.

1. It is not permissible for you to not pray Jumu`ah, if there is someone who can take care of your father while you go to the mosque. If there is no one, then you are excused for not going to the mosque and you can pray Dhuhr with him instead. 2. You should pray in congregation in the mosque, so long as someone else can be with your sick father while you go to the mosque. 3. There is nothing wrong with wearing gloves when removing impurity from a sick father because touching the `Awrah is prohibited. 4. It is not permissible to look at your father’s `Awrah except in the case of necessity. 5. If your father is aware of the prayer, then it is obligatory for him and it is not permissible for him to not pray. 6. It is not permissible for you to not pray Jumu`ah, if there is someone who can take care of your sick father while you go to the mosque. If there is no one, then you are excused for not going to the mosque and you can pray Dhuhr with him instead. 7. It is permissible for the sick person to put together Dhuhr and `Asr, and Maghrib and `Isha’, at the time of the earlier or later prayer so as to ward off hardship.