Evening Reminder: Monday. We continue with our lessons on how the sick should perform their Salaat. It is not enough to use the eyes and the eyebrows only for the symbolic gestures. It is undesirable to lift a pillow or something else like stone and prostrate upon it. If a person cannot pray even sitting, or experiences undue hardship, or is afraid that the disease might worsen if he does so, then he should offer the prayer lying down , in the following way: He should lie down flat on his back with his legs folded, knees upright, feet resting on the ground or bed, and toes pointing to the Qibla, and then keeping his head raised with the help of a pillow, perform ruku and sajdah by making symbolic signs. If this is not possible, he should lie down with his head towards the north, and resting the body on the right, perform the prayer. If this is also not possible, he may offer the prayer in any way he likes, but as far as possible should not miss it. If a patient is too weak to perform a prayer, even by symbolic signs, he may abandon it and offer it later upon recovery as a missed prayer. If this state of weakness persists and he misses five consecutive prayers, he stands exempted and need not offer them later at all. If a person has missed some prayers when he was perfectly healthy, and then falls ill, he should not wait for recovery to offer the missed prayers, but should offer them somehow, standing or sitting, and pay off the debt as soon as possible. My apology for the length but sometimes topics like these needs more explanation. Allah grant us good health and protect our eemaan in Him for better for worse. Amin.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:28:49 +0000
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