Indicating Prayer for the Sick and the Traveler
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the indication in prayer involve the head or the body? And is there a difference in the indication between the prayer of the traveler and the prayer of the resident?
Answer:
The indication in prayer with the head for the sick person and the traveler is done with the head, and he makes the prostration lower than the bowing, lowering his head in prostration lower than in bowing. He does not indicate with his hand, nor with his finger, nor with anything else. The common people say that one prays with his finger; this is from the fatwas of the common people.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the indication in prayer involve the head or the body? And is there a difference in the indication between the prayer of the traveler and the prayer of the resident?
Answer:
The indication in prayer with the head for the sick person and the traveler is done with the head, and he makes the prostration lower than the bowing, lowering his head in prostration lower than in bowing. He does not indicate with his hand, nor with his finger, nor with anything else. The common people say that one prays with his finger; this is from the fatwas of the common people.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [ 3436/329] هل يكون الإيماء في الصلاة بالرأس أم بالجسد؟ وهل يختلف بين السفر والحضر؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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