If one is unable to prostrate on the forehead, does he prostrate on the other limbs?
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The questioner : If a person is unable to prostrate on the forehead, are the remaining limbs excused for him?
The Shaykh : This question has no place here. Do you want us to answer it?
He says: If one is unable to prostrate on the forehead, is he obligated to prostrate on the other limbs? Do you want me to answer it or not?
Fine, on the condition that he does not do it again. Fine, in any case, the school of thought holds that if one is unable to prostrate with the forehead, he is not obligated to prostrate with anything else.
The correct view is that he is obligated to prostrate with something else if he is able to be closer to prostration than to sitting. However, if he is absolutely unable to do so due to pain in his head, eye, or something similar, then yes. But if he is able to lower his head to the ground until there is a short distance between him and the ground, such that he is closer to the prostrator than to the sitter, then he is obligated to do so, due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Taghabun 64:16]. Yes, Adam.
The Shaykh : This question has no place here. Do you want us to answer it?
He says: If one is unable to prostrate on the forehead, is he obligated to prostrate on the other limbs? Do you want me to answer it or not?
Fine, on the condition that he does not do it again. Fine, in any case, the school of thought holds that if one is unable to prostrate with the forehead, he is not obligated to prostrate with anything else.
The correct view is that he is obligated to prostrate with something else if he is able to be closer to prostration than to sitting. However, if he is absolutely unable to do so due to pain in his head, eye, or something similar, then yes. But if he is able to lower his head to the ground until there is a short distance between him and the ground, such that he is closer to the prostrator than to the sitter, then he is obligated to do so, due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted: