The ruling on facing the qiblah for a patient lying on a bed
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner, Zaki Abdullah, asks: If a person has a cardiac catheterization and the doctors ask him to lie on the bed for a week, is it permissible for him, Honorable Shaykh, to pray while lying down but not facing the qiblah, or should he say, “Direct me toward the qiblah”?
Answer:
If he is directed toward the qiblah, this is obligatory, because facing the qiblah is a condition for the validity of the prayer. So if it is possible, it is an obligatory condition for the validity of the prayer. But if it is not possible, he prays according to his condition, as Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16].
May Allah reward you. This questioner, Zaki Abdullah, asks: If a person has a cardiac catheterization and the doctors ask him to lie on the bed for a week, is it permissible for him, Honorable Shaykh, to pray while lying down but not facing the qiblah, or should he say, “Direct me toward the qiblah”?
Answer:
If he is directed toward the qiblah, this is obligatory, because facing the qiblah is a condition for the validity of the prayer. So if it is possible, it is an obligatory condition for the validity of the prayer. But if it is not possible, he prays according to his condition, as Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
Source
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