The patient who is unable to indicate with his head and the dropping of the prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with truthfulness, what is the stronger position in your view regarding the patient who is unable to indicate with his head for bowing and prostration? Does the prayer drop off him?
Answer:
We stated that the position of the meticulous scholars, who specified this in the work of the Shaykh al-Islam by his kunya, is that the prayer is not obligatory upon him, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at indicating with the head and did not mention indicating with the finger. It was reported in a hadith narrated by al-Sajji regarding the finger, but the hadith is not authentic; it stopped at indicating with the head. However, if he prays, I mentioned this, if he prays as a precaution and to avoid the disagreement, there is no harm.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with truthfulness, what is the stronger position in your view regarding the patient who is unable to indicate with his head for bowing and prostration? Does the prayer drop off him?
Answer:
We stated that the position of the meticulous scholars, who specified this in the work of the Shaykh al-Islam by his kunya, is that the prayer is not obligatory upon him, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at indicating with the head and did not mention indicating with the finger. It was reported in a hadith narrated by al-Sajji regarding the finger, but the hadith is not authentic; it stopped at indicating with the head. However, if he prays, I mentioned this, if he prays as a precaution and to avoid the disagreement, there is no harm.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [23] — alfawzan.live (1:18:49)
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