Some Bedouins live in short tents; when it rains, how do they pray?

The questioner : When some of the Bedouin people are in their camps or rural houses, it is sometimes difficult there. Rain may come upon them and not stop until the sun rises. What do they do in this case?

The Shaykh : They pray as much as is not harmful.

The questioner : They do not find it easy to stand up in short and narrow tents.

The Shaykh : I mean, when the rain came, the roof came down.

The questioner : Yes, it collapsed, meaning the roof came down.

The Shaykh : Yes, I mean, at first the roof was high, so one could pray standing. But when the rain came, by the permission of Allah, it came down.

The questioner : No, originally, originally the tents are short.

The Shaykh : Okay, originally? Yes, I mean, at first they used to pray outside the houses. They used to pray outside the houses. These people pray sitting if they are unable to stand, even in the form of bowing, because the scholars said: if one is able to stand, even in the form of bowing, let him do so. And I do not think it will be shorter than the level of the one bowing.

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : Do I mean the level of the one bowing?

The questioner : Yes. I mean

The Shaykh : One person enters like this, it is tight.

The questioner : I mean, they are the owners of the tents. Sometimes they travel and stop in a place, and they do not build their houses.

The Shaykh : In any case, fear Allah as much as you are able. This verse is a great principle in Islam. Hold to it.