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[muslimrose]

salaam i would like to ask can i do salah sitting. i can stand up and bend from the waist but i cannot do sujood as i have arthritis in my spine knees and hips..can anyone advise??

[sister herb]

You can, if you are unable to do it by standing.

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Standing during prayer is an obligatory pillar which cannot be omitted. It is not permissible for anyone to pray sitting unless he is unable to stand, or standing is very difficult for him, or he is sick and there is the fear that his sickness may become worse if he prays standing up.

That also includes a paralyzed person who is unable to stand at all, and an elderly person for whom it is difficult to stand, and a sick person who will be harmed by standing because it will either make his sickness worse or delay his recovery.

[Abz2000]

Of course you can sit throughout prayer if the situation requires that you do, and if you are unable to make sujood due to physical constraints then you can also make a gesture in your mind and with your hands, such as on an airplane, or if you're ill.

As far as praying on board means of transportation is concerned, then it is possible to pray there so long as the necessary conditions of prayer are fulfilled, or else one can wait until one gets out of the vehicle. If waiting means that the time for the prayer will pass, then you should pray in the best way that you can. Let us assume, for example, that you are in a car or train where there is no place to pray, you cannot stop and pray at the side of the road, and the time for that prayer is running out. In such a situation, the Muslim should pray in the best way that he can, even if he is sitting in his seat and even if he is not facing the qiblah, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "So keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you can…" [al-Taghaabun 64:16], and because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "If I have commanded you to do something, do as much of it as you can."
(Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 7288)



An exception to be above is naafil (supererogatory) prayers offered when riding a camel, which is permissible even if one cannot get down or if one is not facing the qiblah. This is known from the report of Ibn 'Umar, who said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to pray when travelling on his camel, no matter which direction it was facing, and he would gesture with his head to indicate the movements of the night prayer, apart from the obligatory prayers, and he would pray witr on his camel too." (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 945)

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May Allah make us among those who prostrate on the day when all of mankind - from beginning to end are summoned to prostrate.

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَTransliteration*Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawn
a ila*alssujoodi fala*yastateeAAoona

(Word by Word)*literal
(The) Day will be uncovered from the shin and they will be called to prostrate, but not they will be able,

[umairlooms]

i m pretty sure you can. When not well you can pray while sitting and as arthritis is a condition, i believe it falls in the sam category

Allah knows best

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[soheil1]

salaam i would like to ask can i do salah sitting. i can stand up and bend from the waist but i cannot do sujood as i have arthritis in my spine knees and hips..can anyone advise??

It depends on your scholar.
Mine gave verdict that I say whatever of salah that I can, standing

[soheil1]

i m pretty sure you can. When not well you can pray while sitting and as arthritis is a condition, i believe it falls in the sam category

Allah knows best

But only prostration is what she can't do like a standing person.

[Moshy]

If you cant pray standing because of a sickness, pray sitting. If sitting is not possible then pray lying.

Praise be to Allah.

Standing during prayer is an obligatory pillar which cannot be omitted. It is not permissible for anyone to pray sitting unless he is unable to stand, or standing is very difficult for him, or he is sick and there is the fear that his sickness may become worse if he prays standing up.

That also includes a paralyzed person who is unable to stand at all, and an elderly person for whom it is difficult to stand, and a sick person who will be harmed by standing because it will either make his sickness worse or delay his recovery.

The basic principle concerning that is the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (1050) from ‘Imraan ibn Husayn (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: I had haemorrhoids, and I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about praying. He said: “Pray standing; if you cannot, then sitting; and if you cannot, then lying on your side.”

Information from :
http://islamqa.info/en/67934