Can a pregnant women offer prayer while sitting if she feels difficulty in praying.
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can a pregnant women offer prayer while
sitting if she feels difficulty in praying.
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Answer:
Pregnant prayer
sitting
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Reported 'Umar ibn Hussain, "I had some
physical problem, so I asked the Prophet (saws) about the prayer, and he said,
'Pray standing; if you are not able to stand then sit and pray, if you are not
able to (do even that), then pray (while lying) on your side." Related by
al-Bukhari.
Although it is preferable that one who is physically able,
to stand and offer their prayer, if for any genuine reason (and the later
stages of pregnancy are definitely a genuine reason) one is unable to stand in
prayer, or fears one might bring harm upon oneself (or the unborn child) if
they stand, there is absolutely no harm and perfectly permissible in Islam if
one prays in a sitting position (either the floor, or on a chair, or a raised
platform, etc.); it is expected that their Lord Most Gracious will accept their
striving and their worship, and will give them their due rewards Insha Allah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister