He sweats and it smells, but it is too difficult for him to do ghusl for every prayer

 

There is a person who sweats a great deal and he needs to take a bath for every prayer (so that he will not annoy other worshippers). Is this an excuse for not offering some of the obligatory prayers in the mosque or not? Especially since it is sometimes difficult to take a bath all the time, such as when it is cold at the time of Fajr prayer?.

Praise be to Allaah.

If a person has the problem of offensive body odour, and he
cannot conceal it by using perfume and the like, then he is excused for not
praying in congregation and there is the hope that he will be rewarded by
Allah. If bathing will remove this smell, then he should do it as much as he
can. Allah has made the means that help with that readily available, such as
hot water and the ability to protect oneself against cold by wearing warm
clothes, and the like. 

The fuqaha’ have stated that the presence of an offensive
smell is an excuse for not praying in congregation. In fact they tell the
one who has a smell not to enter the mosque and annoy the worshippers. 

The basic principle with regard to that is the report
narrated by Muslim (564) from Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) who
said: “whoever eats garlic, onions or leeks, let him not come near our
mosque, for the angels are offended by the same things that offend the sons
of Adam.” 

It says in Mataalib Ooli al-Nuha (1/699): It is
makrooh to attend the mosque and prayer in congregation for the one who eats
garlic, onions, or leeks, and anything that has an offensive smell, until
that smell has gone. The same applies to one who has bad breath or body
odour from the armpits or anything that has a rotten smell. It is mustahabb
to make them leave, so as to ward off annoyance. 

It says in Asna al-Mataalib (1/215): From what is
mentioned, it may be understood that if the person who has a chronic and
serious problem with bad breath and body odour, it is more appropriate for
him to be excused from coming to the mosque to pray in congregation. End
quote. 

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: My
father is elderly and does not go to pray in congregation, and he says that
he is ill with something that causes bad breath and an unpleasant smell, and
he says that he does not want to annoy the people with this smell. Is it
permissible for him to do this?  

He replied: Yes, this is a legitimate excuse. If he has
severe halitosis that smells bad and he cannot remove it, then he is
excused. Similarly, onions or leeks are an excuse. But if there is any
remedy or a way to remove the smell, then he must do that, so that he will
not stay away from Jumu’ah prayer and prayers in congregation. But if he is
unable to do that and it is not easy for him, then his excuse is stronger
than the excuse of the one who eats onions. Undoubtedly bad breath is
annoying to the people around him, if the smell is obvious. End quote from
Noor ‘ala al-Darb (tape no. 219, minute 11). 

We ask Allah to heal you and give you good health. 

And Allah knows best.