How does one pray if they have undergone surgery and the doctors advised them not to move?
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Question:
May Allah bless you, Honorable Shaykh, and make your knowledge beneficial. May Allah reward you with the best reward for us and for the Muslims. As for the first question tonight, the questioner says: I underwent heart surgery, and the doctors advised me not to move at all. How do I pray?
Answer:
Yes, one who has undergone heart surgery or any other surgery, or has an illness that prevents him from praying while standing, prays according to his condition. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 483 So he prays according to his ability. This is regarding the prayer itself.
As for ritual purity, if he is able to purify himself with water, it is obligatory for him to purify himself with water. If he is unable to purify himself with water, he performs dry ablution with clean earth if the illness prevents him from using water, and he prays. Praise be to Allah, for the religion is easy,[Al-Hajj 22:78]
May Allah bless you, Honorable Shaykh, and make your knowledge beneficial. May Allah reward you with the best reward for us and for the Muslims. As for the first question tonight, the questioner says: I underwent heart surgery, and the doctors advised me not to move at all. How do I pray?
Answer:
Yes, one who has undergone heart surgery or any other surgery, or has an illness that prevents him from praying while standing, prays according to his condition. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Narrated Fudail bin Sulaiman: Musa bin `Uqba said, "I saw Salim bin `Abdullah looking for some places on the way and prayed there. He narrated that his father used to pray there, and had seen the Prophet (ﷺ) praying at those very places." Narrated Nafi` on the authority of Ibn `Umar who said, "I used to pray at those places." Musa the narrator added, "I asked Salim on which he said, 'I agree with Nafi` concerning those places, except the mosque situated at the place called Sharaf Ar-Rawha."
صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي المريض قائما،If he cannot, then sitting. If he cannot, then on his side.
فإن لم يستطع فقاعدا فإن لم يستطع فعلى جنبAs for ritual purity, if he is able to purify himself with water, it is obligatory for him to purify himself with water. If he is unable to purify himself with water, he performs dry ablution with clean earth if the illness prevents him from using water, and he prays. Praise be to Allah, for the religion is easy,
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يصلي من أجرى عملية جراحية ونصحه الأطباء بعدم الحركة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:15)
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