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EPISODE 2️⃣: General Explanation
The one who prays lying on his back gestures with his head for bowing and prostration.
How Should He Gesture?
He should tilt his head towards his chest, because tilting it towards the ground is a kind of turning away from the qiblah, unlike tilting it towards his chest, because in that case he is still facing towards the qiblah. So his gesture when he is lying down should be done by tilting his head slightly towards his chest for bowing and a little more than that for prostration.
The scholars had different views for the one who can’t do the above, and the correct view that only the actions of the prayer are waived in this case, because they are what he is unable to do. The words of the prayer are not waived, because he is able to say them, and Allaah (ﷻ), says:
“So fear Allaah as much as you are able”
(At-Taghaabun 64:16)
So, he should say takbeer, recite Qur’an, intend to bow, say takbeer, recite the tasbeeh of bowing, then intend to stand up and say, “Sami‘a Allaahu liman hamidah Rabbana wa laka al-hamd (Allaah hears those who praise Him; our Lord to You be praise)”, then intend to prostrate, say takbeer, say the tasbeeh of prostration, because this is in accordance with the above mentioned shar‘i guideline.
If a person is unable to speak or do the actions of prayer, such as if he is paralysed and unable to speak, both the words and the actions are waived in his case, but there remains the intention. So he should intend that he is praying, and intend to recite, and intend to bow, prostrate, stand up and sit down.
“The prayer is words and actions done with the intention. If the words and actions are waived because one is unable to do them, what remains is the intention. Moreover, if we say to the sick person that he does not have to pray, this may be a cause of his forgetting Allaah, because if a day and night pass without him praying, he may end up forgetting Allaah (ﷻ). But if we keep reminding him to pray, and he has to do it even if it is by means of intention alone, that is better than telling him that he does not have to pray.”
End quote from ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘ (4/328-332).
O Allaah, assist us to worship you in an excellent manner.
آمين يا رب العالمين
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