I suffered a fracture in my back, and I was told that I must generally lie flat on the bed. Explain to me how I should pray?
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Question:
One of the listeners says: I currently live in a village in Germany. My question is that I suffered a fracture in one of the vertebrae of the spine during Ramadan, and I must lie flat on the bed generally and must not move much. How do I pray? Knowing that I am praying on my side, and I prayed one day in a sitting position, but they told me this is not good for my health because I bend slightly in the bowing and prostration. What should I do? Do I pray on my side? Explain to me how to pray, given my condition as I have described, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The sick person prays according to his ability, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in one narration: "If he cannot do so, then let him lie on his back with his feet toward the qiblah, and let him indicate the bowing and prostration with his head, making his prostration lower than his bowing." So if you cannot sit, and you cannot stand or sit or lie on your side, but you can only do so while lying on your back, then pray while lying on your back, and praise be to Allah. Let your feet be toward the qiblah if that is possible. As Allah the Exalted said, "And fear Allah as much as you are able," and as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Indicate the bowing and prostration with your head, and make your indication of prostration lower than your indication of bowing. Yes.
One of the listeners says: I currently live in a village in Germany. My question is that I suffered a fracture in one of the vertebrae of the spine during Ramadan, and I must lie flat on the bed generally and must not move much. How do I pray? Knowing that I am praying on my side, and I prayed one day in a sitting position, but they told me this is not good for my health because I bend slightly in the bowing and prostration. What should I do? Do I pray on my side? Explain to me how to pray, given my condition as I have described, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The sick person prays according to his ability, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
The sick person prays standing, if he cannot do so then sitting, if he cannot do so then on his side,
يصلي المريض قائما، فإن لم يستطع فقاعدا، فإن لم يستطع فعلى جنب،Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تعرضت لكسر في الظهر، فقيل يجب أن أتمدد بصورة عامة على الفراش، اشرحوا لي كيف أصلي؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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