How to perform prostration during severe crowding
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What is the state of prostration during times of crowding if there is no space to prostrate?
He brings his body closer together after having extended it and spread his arms apart.
The questioner: If there is no possibility, O Shaykh! Like in the Haram, sometimes it is not possible to prostrate?The Shaykh: If it is not possible, it was said: He prostrates on the back of the person in front of him.
And it was said: He indicates prostration while sitting and bowing while standing.
And it was said: He waits until the people rise from prostration, then he prostrates and continues.
As for the midday prayer, there are reports from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), but this is understood to apply to people who know the legal ruling and do not deny prostrating on their backs. However, in our current time, I believe that if you prostrated on a person's back, you would disturb him greatly, or he would shake you off forcefully. If we adopted this view and there was a third row, who would they prostrate on? On the back of their companion, and then the people would follow one another. Although this scenario is not possible, we see that the view of prostrating on a person's back in our current time involves disturbance.So either we say: I indicate bowing, although bowing does not seem to be difficult; because one can bow even if he is close to his companion. As for prostration, sit and indicate prostration while sitting. This is better than waiting until the people rise, which would cause you to miss following the imam. Perhaps the imam, if he is quick in recitation, will bow in the rak'ah following yours before you finish the al-Fatihah, resulting in significant lagging behind.So the closest opinion to me is: That when a person reaches prostration, he sits and indicates. There is no statement from an infallible person in this matter. If there were a statement from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would say: On the eye and the head, and we would do what he said.
He brings his body closer together after having extended it and spread his arms apart.
The questioner: If there is no possibility, O Shaykh! Like in the Haram, sometimes it is not possible to prostrate?The Shaykh: If it is not possible, it was said: He prostrates on the back of the person in front of him.
And it was said: He indicates prostration while sitting and bowing while standing.
And it was said: He waits until the people rise from prostration, then he prostrates and continues.
As for the midday prayer, there are reports from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), but this is understood to apply to people who know the legal ruling and do not deny prostrating on their backs. However, in our current time, I believe that if you prostrated on a person's back, you would disturb him greatly, or he would shake you off forcefully. If we adopted this view and there was a third row, who would they prostrate on? On the back of their companion, and then the people would follow one another. Although this scenario is not possible, we see that the view of prostrating on a person's back in our current time involves disturbance.So either we say: I indicate bowing, although bowing does not seem to be difficult; because one can bow even if he is close to his companion. As for prostration, sit and indicate prostration while sitting. This is better than waiting until the people rise, which would cause you to miss following the imam. Perhaps the imam, if he is quick in recitation, will bow in the rak'ah following yours before you finish the al-Fatihah, resulting in significant lagging behind.So the closest opinion to me is: That when a person reaches prostration, he sits and indicates. There is no statement from an infallible person in this matter. If there were a statement from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would say: On the eye and the head, and we would do what he said.