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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the prayer of the sick person according to his ability

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From Yemen, a message was sent by a listener who says: I am a young man, twenty-four years old. I was involved in an accident when I was sixteen, and as a result, I suffered a slip in the spine and some bruises in the knee and legs. I am now almost disabled, and matters have piled up on me. The ulcers in the stomach mean that I want to say that I am in pain all the time from all these illnesses due to their severity, and I suffer from severe pain in the legs and knee when I try to perform wudu and pray. I cannot pray as people pray. What do you advise me to do, given the situation I have described? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
You must do what you are able to. Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are ableفَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
[At-Taghabun 64:16]
So you perform wudu according to what you are able to, and you pray likewise according to your ability. If you are able to pray standing, it is obligatory for you to stand in the obligatory prayer, because standing in the obligatory prayer is a pillar of the prayer. If you are not able, then pray sitting. If you are able to bow and prostrate, then it is obligatory for you to do so. If you are not able to bow and prostrate in the best manner, then you indicate them with your head, and make your prostration better than your bowing.
The bottom line is that you pray according to your ability, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are ableفَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
[At-Taghabun 64:16]
and the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "The sick person prays standing; if he cannot, then sitting; if he cannot, then on his side; if he cannot, then lying on his back." Yes.

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May Allah reward you with good,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4498- هيئة الاستطاعة في الصلاة والوضوء والصيام للعاجز عنها ونصحه بالصبر على البلاء - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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