The ruling on a patient who cannot pray standing or read the Qur'an from the mushaf
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The ruling on a patient who cannot pray standing or read the Qur'an from the mushaf
There is a sick man who, when he goes to the mosque, cannot pray standing for fear of the people, so he sits. And when he reads the Qur'an, the letters turn black, and he cannot read them. But when he goes out and returns home, he prays in the usual manner and reads the Qur'an in the usual manner. Is he permitted to pray at home?The Shaykh: Your statement: if he is in the mosque and reads the Qur'an, the letters are black,Meaning: does he read from the mushaf?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: and he is praying.
The questioner: inside the mosque before the prayer.
The Shaykh: The issue of reading before the prayer is a recommended practice,I mean: if it is facilitated, otherwise he should remember Allah with his heart and tongue, or read what he has memorized of the Qur'an without a mushaf, so this is not of that importance.
But if a person is able to pray the obligatory prayer standing in his home, and when he goes to the mosque he cannot stand, either because of fatigue from walking, or because of fear of the people, or for any of the reasons, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this issue: some of them say: he should pray standing in his home, and it is not permissible for him to go to the mosque and pray sitting, and they justified this by saying that standing is a pillar without which the prayer is not valid, and congregational prayer is obligatory, and the prayer is valid without it.
And some of the scholars say: Rather, he must go to the mosque; because he was called to prayer, and congregational prayer is obligatory upon him, so let him go to the prayer, then if he is able to pray standing he does so, and if he is not able, he prays sitting, and this opinion is more correct;because of His saying, the Exalted: [al-Taghabun: 16] , and this man was called to prayer, and he heard the call,And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man: "Do you hear the call to prayer?He said: Yes,He said: so respond) let him respond, then when he arrives at the mosque, if he is able to stand he stands, otherwise he prays sitting.
And this opinion is the correct one, and standing is not a pillar in his case now; because he is not able to do it.
The questioner: He is mentally different inside the prayer! The Shaykh: If he is mentally different to the extent that he does not know what he is saying, then he is excused from leaving the congregation, so let him pray in his home.
There is a sick man who, when he goes to the mosque, cannot pray standing for fear of the people, so he sits. And when he reads the Qur'an, the letters turn black, and he cannot read them. But when he goes out and returns home, he prays in the usual manner and reads the Qur'an in the usual manner. Is he permitted to pray at home?The Shaykh: Your statement: if he is in the mosque and reads the Qur'an, the letters are black,Meaning: does he read from the mushaf?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: and he is praying.
The questioner: inside the mosque before the prayer.
The Shaykh: The issue of reading before the prayer is a recommended practice,I mean: if it is facilitated, otherwise he should remember Allah with his heart and tongue, or read what he has memorized of the Qur'an without a mushaf, so this is not of that importance.
But if a person is able to pray the obligatory prayer standing in his home, and when he goes to the mosque he cannot stand, either because of fatigue from walking, or because of fear of the people, or for any of the reasons, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this issue: some of them say: he should pray standing in his home, and it is not permissible for him to go to the mosque and pray sitting, and they justified this by saying that standing is a pillar without which the prayer is not valid, and congregational prayer is obligatory, and the prayer is valid without it.
And some of the scholars say: Rather, he must go to the mosque; because he was called to prayer, and congregational prayer is obligatory upon him, so let him go to the prayer, then if he is able to pray standing he does so, and if he is not able, he prays sitting, and this opinion is more correct;because of His saying, the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْAnd this opinion is the correct one, and standing is not a pillar in his case now; because he is not able to do it.
The questioner: He is mentally different inside the prayer! The Shaykh: If he is mentally different to the extent that he does not know what he is saying, then he is excused from leaving the congregation, so let him pray in his home.