Learn how to perform SALAH according to SUNNAH [A step-by-step guide] Day 7: The Prayer of a Sick Person in a Sitting Position Imran ibn Husain (radiallaahu anhu) said, I was suffering from haemorrhoids (piles), so I asked the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) and he said, Pray standing; if you are not able, then sitting down; if you are not able to do so, then pray lying down Imraan ibn Husain also said, I asked him (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) about the prayer of a man while sitting, so he said: He who prays standing, that is better; he who prays sitting, his reward is half that of the former. He who prays lying down (and in another narration: reclining), has half the reward of the one who sits. This applies to the sick person, for Anas (radiallaahu anhu) said, The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) came out to the people while they were praying sitting due to illness, so he said: Verily, the prayer of one who sits is (worth) half of the prayer of the one who stands. Once he (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) visited a sick person and saw him praying (leaning) on a pillow, so he took it and cast it aside. So the man took a stick to pray (leaning) on it, but he took it and cast it aside and said: Pray on the ground if you can, but otherwise make movements with your head, making your sujood lower than your rukoo. Sitting and Standing in the Night Prayer (Tahajjud): He (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam), used to pray long through the night standing, and long through the night sitting, and if he recited standing, he would bow standing, and if he recited sitting, he would bow sitting. Sometimes, He would pray sitting, so he would recite sitting until about thirty or forty verses of his recitation wre left; he would then stand up to recite these standing and then bow and prostrate, and he would do likewise in the second rakaah. In fact, he (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) prayed as-subhah sitting down towards the end of his life when he had grown old, and that was a year before his death. Also he (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) would sit cross-legged. Prohibition of Prayer Facing the Grave: He (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) used to forbid prayer facing the grave, saying: Do not pray towards the graves, and do not sit on them. Join us in this beautiful dua,learn it and write ameen below. DUA: O my Lord ! make me one who establishes regular prayer and (also) from my offspring ,our Lord ! and accept my invocation رَبِّ اجعَلنى مُقيمَ الصَّلوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتى ۚ رَبَّنا وَتَقَبَّل دُعاءِ SURAH IBRAHIM ,VERSE 40
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