The takbir of ihram for one who prays sitting on a chair
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Question:
Shaykh, I am praying in the mosque while sitting on a chair, and a shaykh came and advised me. He told me it is not permissible to say the takbir while sitting; you have to stand up and say the takbir, and then sit down. This is a pillar of the takbir, a pillar of anger.
Answer:
If you are able to say the takbir of ihram while standing and then sit on the chair, yes, this is obligatory. Or you stand for the length of reciting al-Fatihah and then sit on the chair. If you are able to do this, then it is a pillar of the pillars of the prayer. But if you are unable to stand, then you say the takbir of ihram while sitting on the chair, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Shaykh, I am praying in the mosque while sitting on a chair, and a shaykh came and advised me. He told me it is not permissible to say the takbir while sitting; you have to stand up and say the takbir, and then sit down. This is a pillar of the takbir, a pillar of anger.
Answer:
If you are able to say the takbir of ihram while standing and then sit on the chair, yes, this is obligatory. Or you stand for the length of reciting al-Fatihah and then sit on the chair. If you are able to do this, then it is a pillar of the pillars of the prayer. But if you are unable to stand, then you say the takbir of ihram while sitting on the chair, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (081) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-03-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:10)
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