The Prayer of the One Sitting on a Chair with His Wife Standing Behind Him
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I had knee surgery, so I pray on a chair at home because I cannot go to the mosque. My wife prays with me, standing behind me. Is our prayer valid?
The Shaykh:
You are unable to perform a pillar, so she should not follow you. You are unable to perform a pillar, and you are not a regular imam, so she, being able, should not follow you. You are praying sitting down and she is standing. No.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: I had knee surgery, so I pray on a chair at home because I cannot go to the mosque. My wife prays with me, standing behind me.
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in sitting if you pray a voluntary prayer sitting down due to an excuse, and she follows you, praying with you sitting down. There is no harm, because sitting is not permissible in a voluntary prayer.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I had knee surgery, so I pray on a chair at home because I cannot go to the mosque. My wife prays with me, standing behind me. Is our prayer valid?
The Shaykh:
You are unable to perform a pillar, so she should not follow you. You are unable to perform a pillar, and you are not a regular imam, so she, being able, should not follow you. You are praying sitting down and she is standing. No.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: I had knee surgery, so I pray on a chair at home because I cannot go to the mosque. My wife prays with me, standing behind me.
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in sitting if you pray a voluntary prayer sitting down due to an excuse, and she follows you, praying with you sitting down. There is no harm, because sitting is not permissible in a voluntary prayer.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 13-01-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:13)
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