If a person is ill, is it better to pray on a chair or to sit on the ground?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: If a person is ill, is it better to pray on a chair or to sit on the ground? And is it true that prostration is the most specific attribute of the prayer, and that the prayer was not legislated except for its sake?
Answer:
The prayer was legislated for all of its actions, not just for the prostration. Standing, bowing, and prostration are all part of the prayer, all of it is worship of Allah the Exalted, and sitting is all worship of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: If a person is ill, is it better to pray on a chair or to sit on the ground? And is it true that prostration is the most specific attribute of the prayer, and that the prayer was not legislated except for its sake?
Answer:
The prayer was legislated for all of its actions, not just for the prostration. Standing, bowing, and prostration are all part of the prayer, all of it is worship of Allah the Exalted, and sitting is all worship of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا كان المرء مريضًا فهل الأفضل أن يصلي على الكرسي أو أن يجلس على الأرض؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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