Prayer of the Sick: Standing, Gestures, Recovery and Unconsciousness
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- A patient cannot stand but can actually bow and prostrate while seated. How should the obligatory prayer be performed?
- When does the excuse for not standing apply?
- If actual bowing and prostration are impossible, what is their substitute?
- How is the prostration gesture distinguished from the bowing gesture?
- What is the ruling on raising a cushion to the forehead when prostration is impossible?
- When sitting is impossible, how are the feet directed in supine prayer?
- What requirement accompanies side-lying prayer?
- What is the distinction between istilqa’ and idtija’?
- If head gestures are impossible, what does the text reject as a substitute?
- A patient can stand but cannot perform actual bowing or prostration. What follows?
- A healthy person becomes ill during prayer but can still bow and prostrate. How is the prayer completed?
- What does bina’ mean?
- A patient performed actual seated bowing and prostration, then recovered. What is the text’s ruling?
- Who is reported to require restarting after recovery during genuine seated bowing and prostration?
- A patient begins by head gestures then regains actual bowing and prostration. What does the text require?
- Who is reported to permit continuation even after recovery from gestural prayer?
- What does isti’naf of prayer mean?
- What explains restarting upon regaining actual bowing and prostration?
- Four obligatory prayers were missed because of unconsciousness. What is the stated ruling?
- Six prayers are missed during a single period of unconsciousness. What is the stated Hanafi ruling?
- What is the threshold between makeup being due and waived in the stated coma rule?
- Why is the unconsciousness rule not simply equated with missed prayers during ordinary sleep?
- Which sequence correctly summarizes the accommodations for an ill worshipper?
- Which statement correctly distinguishes the reported positions of Imam Muhammad and Imam Zufar?