The prayer of the congregation behind an imam who prays sitting down due to illness
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The questioner:
The questioner says: If the imam prays sitting down because of an illness he is suffering from, do the people praying behind him also pray sitting down?
The Shaykh:
If it is the regular imam of the mosque and he is afflicted with an illness that prevents him from standing, he prays sitting down, and they pray behind him sitting down, just as they did with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But if he is not a regular imam, no, is he a regular imam? No, they do not pray behind him.
Because he is unable to perform one of the pillars of the prayer, which is standing, so they do not pray behind him. He is leaving off one of the pillars of the prayer, which is standing, because his prayer is valid since he is unable to stand, but they are strong and do not leave off standing. They do not pray sitting down. Someone else, a person who is healthy and free from the illness, prays with them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says.
The Shaykh:
Also, the regular imam who is alive and whose ailment is expected to end. As for the one whose ailment is not expected to end, even if he is the imam of the mosque, that is it, he does not pray with them. Someone else prays with them because his ailment is not expected to end; it will continue like this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: If the imam prays sitting down because of an illness he is suffering from, do the people praying behind him also pray sitting down?
The Shaykh:
If it is the regular imam of the mosque and he is afflicted with an illness that prevents him from standing, he prays sitting down, and they pray behind him sitting down, just as they did with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But if he is not a regular imam, no, is he a regular imam? No, they do not pray behind him.
Because he is unable to perform one of the pillars of the prayer, which is standing, so they do not pray behind him. He is leaving off one of the pillars of the prayer, which is standing, because his prayer is valid since he is unable to stand, but they are strong and do not leave off standing. They do not pray sitting down. Someone else, a person who is healthy and free from the illness, prays with them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says.
The Shaykh:
Also, the regular imam who is alive and whose ailment is expected to end. As for the one whose ailment is not expected to end, even if he is the imam of the mosque, that is it, he does not pray with them. Someone else prays with them because his ailment is not expected to end; it will continue like this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب، تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم 19-07-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (55:44)
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