Standing Or Sitting For Qiyaam While Performing Salaah Seated
Question
Please provide an explanation as to whether a person should stand or sit for Qiyaam when performing Salaah seated.
Answer
When a person cannot perform Sajdah on the ground due to a valid excuse, then there are two ways of performing the Salaah. One can either sit for the full duration of the Salaah or one can stand for Qiyaam and Ruku and complete the Sajdahs with gestures. However, Fuqahaa (Jurists) have mentioned the former as the better of the two.
In short, both ways are fundamentally permissible. It is hence a matter of how the Musallee himself feels comfortable.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
وَكَذَا لَوْ عَجَزَ عَنْ الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَقَدَرَ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ فَالْمُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ قَاعِدًا بِإِيمَاءٍ وَإِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا بِإِيمَاءٍ جَازَ عِنْدَنَا، هَكَذَا فِي فَتَاوَى قَاضِي خَانْ.
(الفتاوى الهندية ج1 ص136)
وإن قدر على القيام وعجز عن الركوع والسجود صلى قاعدا بالإيماء” وهو أفضل من إيمائه قائما ويسقط الركوع عمن عجز عن السجود وإن قدر على الركوع لأن القيام وسيلة إلى السجود فإذا فات المقصود بالذات لا يجب ما دونه وإذا استمسك عذره بالقعود ويسيل بالقيام أو يستمسك بالإماء ويسيل بالسجود ترك القيام والسجود وصلى قاعدا وموميا
(مراقي الفلاح شرح متن نور الإيضاح ص168)
(وَإِنْ تَعَذَّرَا) لَيْسَ تَعَذُّرُهُمَا شَرْطًا بَلْ تَعَذُّرُ السُّجُودِ كَافٍ (لَا الْقِيَامُ أَوْمَأَ) بِالْهَمْزِ (قَاعِدًا) وَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الْإِيمَاءِ قَائِمًا لِقُرْبِهِ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ (قَوْلُهُ بَلْ تَعَذُّرُ السُّجُودِ كَافٍ) نَقَلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَنْ الْبَدَائِعِ وَغَيْرِهَا. وَفِي الذَّخِيرَةِ: رَجُلٌ بِحَلْقِهِ خُرَّاجٌ إنْ سَجَدَ سَالَ وَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى الرُّكُوعِ وَالْقِيَامِ وَالْقِرَاءَةِ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا يُومِئُ؛ وَلَوْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا بِرُكُوعٍ وَقَعَدَ وَأَوْمَأَ بِالسُّجُودِ أَجْزَأَهُ، وَالْأَوَّلُ أَفْضَلُ لِأَنَّ الْقِيَامَ وَالرُّكُوعَ لَمْ يُشْرَعَا قُرْبَةً بِنَفْسِهِمَا، بَلْ لِيَكُونَا وَسِيلَتَيْنِ إلَى السُّجُودِ. اهـ. قَالَ فِي الْبَحْرِ: وَلَمْ أَرَ مَا إذَا تَعَذَّرَ الرُّكُوعُ دُونَ السُّجُودِ غَيْرُ وَاقِعٍ اهـ أَيْ لِأَنَّهُ مَتَى عَجَزَ عَنْ الرُّكُوعِ عَجَزَ عَنْ السُّجُودِ نَهْرٌ. قَالَ ح: أَقُولُ عَلَى فَرْضِ تَصَوُّرِهِ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ لَا يَسْقُطَ لِأَنَّ الرُّكُوعَ وَسِيلَةٌ إلَيْهِ وَلَا يَسْقُطُ الْمَقْصُودُ عِنْدَ تَعَذُّرِ الْوَسِيلَةِ، كَمَا لَمْ يَسْقُطْ الرُّكُوعُ وَالسُّجُودُ عِنْدَ تَعَذُّرِ الْقِيَامِ
(رد المحتار على الدر المختار ج2 ص97)
- Approved by
- Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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