Explanation of the author's statement: "...and the naked person prays sitting down with gestures, as a recommendation in both cases..."
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The Shaykh : He said, may Allah have mercy on him, "And if a prayer screen is lent to him, he must accept it, and the naked person prays sitting down with gestures, as a recommendation in both cases".
"The naked person prays sitting down" means that if there is a person who is naked and has no clothes, he prays sitting down even if he is able to stand. Why? He said it is more concealing, more concealing for his private parts, because a person sitting can draw his legs together, and because we order him to gesture in bowing and prostration, and in that case his private parts are not exposed, is that not so, Fahd? And what did you say?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. Well, the author said "as a recommendation in both cases", meaning that we recommend that for him as a recommendation, and this is like an emphatic noun for the sentence before it, and for this reason its operator was deleted, meaning he prays in a manner of recommendation, not in a manner of obligation. And on this basis, if he prayed standing and bowed and prostrated, his prayer is valid.
Well, the apparent meaning of the author's words is that this ruling is established whether there is someone around him or not, whether there is someone around him or not, due to the generality of his statement. If there is someone around him, what the author said is sound, that he prays sitting down with gestures, because a person, may Allah grant us and you safety, is shy to stand in front of people with his private parts exposed, and if he prostrates his backside opens up. But if there is no one around him, is he shy or not? He is not shy. But this is the author's statement, saying there is no difference. There is another opinion that says it is not permissible to pray sitting down, but rather he must pray standing, due to the saying of the Exalted[Al-Baqarah 2:238], so Allah obligated standing, and the covering is dropped from him here due to the saying of the Exalted [Al-Baqarah 2:286]. So if the covering is dropped, the evidence I mentioned, and standing is obligatory by the evidence I mentioned, we say he stands because the condition for standing exists, or not? And he prays naked because the condition for covering is dropped, which is inability.
And some of the scholars of knowledge said in this there is a detail: if there is someone around him, he prays sitting down, and if there is no one around him, or he is in darkness, or there is no one around him, meaning around him is only a person who cannot see, then let him pray standing, because he has no excuse. And this detailed opinion is the closest of the three opinions to the truth, because it combines the right of Allah and the right of the self, between the right of Allah, if there is no one around him who sees him, that he performs the obligation, he prays standing because he is able, and between the right of the self, if there is someone around him, he is shy and cannot stand and his private parts are exposed in front of people, so we say in that case sit down and pray with gestures, because that is more concealing for you. Clear? Well.
According to the author's statement, if he prayed standing and bowed and prostrated, the prayer is valid, because the matter is on the basis of recommendation.
"The naked person prays sitting down" means that if there is a person who is naked and has no clothes, he prays sitting down even if he is able to stand. Why? He said it is more concealing, more concealing for his private parts, because a person sitting can draw his legs together, and because we order him to gesture in bowing and prostration, and in that case his private parts are not exposed, is that not so, Fahd? And what did you say?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. Well, the author said "as a recommendation in both cases", meaning that we recommend that for him as a recommendation, and this is like an emphatic noun for the sentence before it, and for this reason its operator was deleted, meaning he prays in a manner of recommendation, not in a manner of obligation. And on this basis, if he prayed standing and bowed and prostrated, his prayer is valid.
Well, the apparent meaning of the author's words is that this ruling is established whether there is someone around him or not, whether there is someone around him or not, due to the generality of his statement. If there is someone around him, what the author said is sound, that he prays sitting down with gestures, because a person, may Allah grant us and you safety, is shy to stand in front of people with his private parts exposed, and if he prostrates his backside opens up. But if there is no one around him, is he shy or not? He is not shy. But this is the author's statement, saying there is no difference. There is another opinion that says it is not permissible to pray sitting down, but rather he must pray standing, due to the saying of the Exalted
and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient.
وقوموا لله قانتينAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعهاAnd some of the scholars of knowledge said in this there is a detail: if there is someone around him, he prays sitting down, and if there is no one around him, or he is in darkness, or there is no one around him, meaning around him is only a person who cannot see, then let him pray standing, because he has no excuse. And this detailed opinion is the closest of the three opinions to the truth, because it combines the right of Allah and the right of the self, between the right of Allah, if there is no one around him who sees him, that he performs the obligation, he prays standing because he is able, and between the right of the self, if there is someone around him, he is shy and cannot stand and his private parts are exposed in front of people, so we say in that case sit down and pray with gestures, because that is more concealing for you. Clear? Well.
According to the author's statement, if he prayed standing and bowed and prostrated, the prayer is valid, because the matter is on the basis of recommendation.