The ruling on the prayer of a person sitting on a chair who is ill
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Question:
The questioner, Abu Yazid, says: Honorable Shaykh, I underwent heart surgery, and I am advanced in age. After the operation, I feel a weakness such that I cannot bear the weight of my body and pray all the obligatory prayers while standing on a chair. Is the prayer of the one standing like the prayer of the one sitting on a chair, Honorable Shaykh, given that I am unable to go to the mosque?
Answer:
Standing in the prayer is a pillar of the obligatory prayer, and it is not dropped except in the case of inability to perform it. So if you are unable to stand in the prayer, you pray while sitting, and you receive the same reward as the one who stands; because you left off standing due to an excuse, and you did not leave it off by choice. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
The questioner, Abu Yazid, says: Honorable Shaykh, I underwent heart surgery, and I am advanced in age. After the operation, I feel a weakness such that I cannot bear the weight of my body and pray all the obligatory prayers while standing on a chair. Is the prayer of the one standing like the prayer of the one sitting on a chair, Honorable Shaykh, given that I am unable to go to the mosque?
Answer:
Standing in the prayer is a pillar of the obligatory prayer, and it is not dropped except in the case of inability to perform it. So if you are unable to stand in the prayer, you pray while sitting, and you receive the same reward as the one who stands; because you left off standing due to an excuse, and you did not leave it off by choice. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/051 — archive.org (10:24)
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