What is the ruling if a man prays on a chair when he has pain in his knee?
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The questioner : And he says: What is your opinion if a man prays on a chair when he has pain in his knee, for example?
The Shaykh : In reality, one must look at the situation if he has pain in his knee: does this pain prevent him from standing, so he sits on a chair, or does it also prevent him from prostrating?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the sitting for the tashahhud? One must take this condition into account. So, if he sits on the chair because he is unable to sit for the tashahhud and to lower himself for prostration, then in that case he nods; just as if he were unable to sit even on a chair, he would pray standing, and in that case he would nod with his head, making his prostration lower than his bowing.
The questioner : And he is standing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In reality, one must look at the situation if he has pain in his knee: does this pain prevent him from standing, so he sits on a chair, or does it also prevent him from prostrating?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the sitting for the tashahhud? One must take this condition into account. So, if he sits on the chair because he is unable to sit for the tashahhud and to lower himself for prostration, then in that case he nods; just as if he were unable to sit even on a chair, he would pray standing, and in that case he would nod with his head, making his prostration lower than his bowing.
The questioner : And he is standing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
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