The ruling on the prayer of one who is unable to prostrate
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is Salim. He says: A person had surgery on his eyes, and during prostration he feels severe pain. The question is: Does he perform the entire prayer while sitting, or does he stand and bow, then rise from the bowing, and when it is time for prostration he sits and gestures with his head?
Answer:
He prays according to his condition and what is not too burdensome for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By faith, meaning: If he is able to stand, he stands. If he is able to stand but not able to prostrate on the ground, he stands, then sits and gestures with his head for prostration while sitting. The same applies to bowing: if he is unable to bow and bend, he gestures for bowing while sitting. As for if he is unable to stand, bow, or prostrate, he sits for his entire prayer and gestures for his bowing and prostration, making his prostration shorter than his bowing.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is Salim. He says: A person had surgery on his eyes, and during prostration he feels severe pain. The question is: Does he perform the entire prayer while sitting, or does he stand and bow, then rise from the bowing, and when it is time for prostration he sits and gestures with his head?
Answer:
He prays according to his condition and what is not too burdensome for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The sick person prays standing; if he cannot, then sitting; if he cannot, then on his side. He is ordered to bow and prostrate, and he makes his prostration shorter than his bowing.
يصلي المريض قائما فإن لم يستطع فقاعدا فإن لم يستطع فعلى الجنب يؤمر بركوعه وسجوده ويجعل سجوده أقصر من ركوعه
Source
كيفية صلاة من لا يستطيع السجود — alfawzan.live
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