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Prayer and Purification for Ill People
Assalamu AlaikumMy wife met with an accident recently, and her body from neck down is paralysed. She can't move her arms or legs, has no control over her bowel movements or urination - A tube is inserted for urination. She has not been bathed as she had surgery few days back. What is the Islamic law regarding her Tahara (bathing, wudu, tayamum) and.. More
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Inability to stand in prayer
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu.Respected Shaykhs, I just read your previous answer, No. 354958, today, but before that I was unaware of the ruling, and I will repeat those two prayers, Allah willing, but please answer the following. A short, quick reply by email will be needful, Allah willing.
Q: I sit and pray on a chair; I mostly.. More
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Prayer of incapacitated person
My mother is paralyzed on the right side. She can only move her left hand and leg. At times, she can remember things, and sometimes she cannot do so. She is unable to speak, except for a few sounds like; aum, oi, attoi and sometimes just humming. All of this makes it difficult to understand what she is trying to say. She wears adult diapers, which she.. More
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Difficulty of using fractured thumb in ablution and prayer
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh, Shaykhs. I suffered a 'hair line fracture', as mentioned by a specialist, in my right thumb. I am taking pain killers, but I should not touch that area and completely avoid any stress to it. Following are my questions about it.
In ablution, I am facing difficulty when wiping my head, as the thumb.. More
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Prostrating when praying seated
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Yesterday, while I was praying the Fajr prayer (I was praying seated due to an illness and was bowing and prostrating while seated on a chair), I forgot to do make my prostration lower than my bowing (I strongly felt that it was almost the same). Hence I worried whether my prayer would be valid.. More
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Praying with Tayammum due to old age
I have a grandmother whom I have started to help to pray recently. Given that she cannot get up on her own and that moving is difficult for her, she performs Tayammum (dry ablution). I was not aware of this fact and let her pray without it at first. Does she have to repeat those prayers? Understand that she was not really practising before and that.. More
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Sitting on chair with back support while praying
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is it permissible to use a chair that has a back support whilst praying? I pray on a sitting tool due to an illness in the knees and feet, and it does not have a back support. It is a sitting tool. However, now I suffer pain in my upper back, below the shoulders, and it hurts me if I do not.. More
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Fingers are spread in bowing and joined in prostration
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I have the following question: when one bows when prayingwhile sitting on a chair or on ground, should the hands that are placed on the kneeshave their fingers spread or should they be joined together? I have the same question for the prostration when one does it without touching the ground;.. More
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Standing after first Tashahhud not obligation when praying while sitting
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I sit and pray even for the obligatory prayer due to pain in my feet, but I bow while standing and start praying while standing as it is a short period of standing. I know that standing is an essential pillar of the prayer, but I am confused on whether I must stand after the first Tashahhud.. More
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Praying while sitting without feet touching ground
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is it permissible to pray on a "high" chair/sitting tool with one's feet not touching the ground? (For someone who suffers if their feet are placed on the ground.) May Allaah reward you, Shaykh.
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Where to place hands when praying sitting on chair
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Where does one place their hands while bowing when praying while sitting? Is it the same as while standing; one one's knees? Or should they be placed on the thighs? And where should the hands be placed while prostrating if one is praying on a chair and has difficulty prostrating on the ground? On their.. More
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Leukocoria (eye disease) does not affect prayer
Can someone who suffers from Leukocoria pray?
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Performing dry ablution for a woman who is undergoing in vitro fertilization and neglecting a pillar of the prayer
Is it permissible for my wife, who is undergoing an in vitro fertilization, to perform dry ablution and perform the prayer while sitting down or lying on the bed during the two weeks after the operation so as to guarantee its success?
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Wudhoo’ is not valid without washing the feet
Asalaaamu `Alaikum, My father has been completely away from the deen for many years, maybe 30-40 years he has not made a single salah. Now by the mercy of Allah, he has all of the sudden started trying to go to Jumu'ah and he is trying to go to masjid on a daily basis for other salahs. He is very elderly and it is very hard for him to make wudu. He.. More
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How to offer prayer lying on one's side
Greetings. How to offer prayer in position of ‘lying down’ as mentioned in Quran in 3.191. Reply me as soon as possible. Its urgent! .. More
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