Taking the Doctor's Opinion in Praying While Seated for Treatment
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that if the Muslim doctor determines that the patient cannot pray standing, then he may pray sitting,
The Shaykh:
that he cannot be treated, that he cannot be treated unless he prays lying down or sitting, that if he prays standing, treatment is not possible, or treatment is delayed, this position, yes.
The questioner:
I said: If a person is in a land of disbelief and there is no Muslim doctor, is it permissible for him to take the opinion of the non-Muslim doctor?
The Shaykh:
No, they say no, because this is an act of worship and one does not rely on anything but the opinion of the Muslim. But if the patient knows that this statement is true and that it is a way of this, perhaps, if Allah wills, he will work in
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that if the Muslim doctor determines that the patient cannot pray standing, then he may pray sitting,
The Shaykh:
that he cannot be treated, that he cannot be treated unless he prays lying down or sitting, that if he prays standing, treatment is not possible, or treatment is delayed, this position, yes.
The questioner:
I said: If a person is in a land of disbelief and there is no Muslim doctor, is it permissible for him to take the opinion of the non-Muslim doctor?
The Shaykh:
No, they say no, because this is an act of worship and one does not rely on anything but the opinion of the Muslim. But if the patient knows that this statement is true and that it is a way of this, perhaps, if Allah wills, he will work in
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/36 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:08:53)
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