What is the ruling on praying on a chair if this is the doctor's order?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says that the doctor ordered him to pray on a chair. He says, "I am able to stand and sit, so what is the ruling on my prayer on a chair?"
Answer:
If standing affects you and the doctor knows this, you pray on the chair by following the doctor's opinion, because the doctor knows that standing affects you, and you are under treatment, so you follow the doctor's opinion. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says that the doctor ordered him to pray on a chair. He says, "I am able to stand and sit, so what is the ruling on my prayer on a chair?"
Answer:
If standing affects you and the doctor knows this, you pray on the chair by following the doctor's opinion, because the doctor knows that standing affects you, and you are under treatment, so you follow the doctor's opinion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [169 -582] ما حكم الصلاة على الكرسي إذا كان هذا أمر من الطبيب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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