The Ruling on the Prayer of a Sick Person in His Current State
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Question:
This questioner says, Honorable Shaykh: I have been in bed for a year, and there are times when I cannot support my body for prayer. Honorable Shaykh, I pray in my current state, and sometimes I am active and pray while sitting. Is my prayer while lying down permissible?
Answer:
Yes. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If he cannot do so, then let him lie on his back with his feet toward the qiblah, and let him indicate the ruku' by nodding his head in the ruku' and the sujud, making the indication for the sujud lower than the indication for the ruku'. Yes.
This questioner says, Honorable Shaykh: I have been in bed for a year, and there are times when I cannot support my body for prayer. Honorable Shaykh, I pray in my current state, and sometimes I am active and pray while sitting. Is my prayer while lying down permissible?
Answer:
Yes. Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ(peace and blessings be upon him) said: The sick person prays standing, and if he cannot, then sitting, and if he cannot, then on his side,
صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي المريض قائما، فإن لم يستطع فقاعدا، فإن لم يستطع فعلى جنب،
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/027 — archive.org (7:41)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.