The patient who is unable to indicate with his head in prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the stronger position in your view regarding the patient who is unable to indicate with his head for bowing and prostration? Is the prayer dropped from him?
Answer:
We stated that the position of the precise scholars in the book of Shaykh al-Islam, and those who specified it, is that the prayer is dropped from him, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at indicating with the head and did not elaborate on indicating with the foot. A report was narrated in a hadith reported by al-Sajjad, but the hadith is not authentic. The authentic hadith is that he stopped at indicating with the head. However, if he prays, I mentioned this, if he prays in the context of differing opinions and to avoid the disagreement, there is no harm.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the stronger position in your view regarding the patient who is unable to indicate with his head for bowing and prostration? Is the prayer dropped from him?
Answer:
We stated that the position of the precise scholars in the book of Shaykh al-Islam, and those who specified it, is that the prayer is dropped from him, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at indicating with the head and did not elaborate on indicating with the foot. A report was narrated in a hadith reported by al-Sajjad, but the hadith is not authentic. The authentic hadith is that he stopped at indicating with the head. However, if he prays, I mentioned this, if he prays in the context of differing opinions and to avoid the disagreement, there is no harm.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/36 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:18:14)
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