Prayer of the Sick, the Unconscious, the Weak and the Infirm, the Elderly and Others

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 51
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 51

Prayer of the Sick, the Unconscious, the Weak and the Infirm, the Elderly and Others

وَقَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَدِ اِشْتَدَّ عَلَيَّ اَلْقِيَامُ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ صَلاَةَ اَلْقَائِمِ فَاقْرَأْ وَ أَنْتَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا بَقِيَ مِنَ اَلسُّورَةِ آيَتَانِ فَقُمْ وَ أَتِمَّ مَا بَقِيَ وَ اِرْكَعْ وَ اُسْجُدْ فَذَاكَ صَلاَةُ اَلْقَائِمِ.
Hamad ibn Othman said: I said to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام: 'The standing in prayer has become very difficult for me.' He عليه السلام replied: 'When you want to catch the prayer of the one standing, recite while sitting. When there remain two verses of the surah, then stand up and complete the remaining part, and bow and prostrate. That is the prayer of the one standing.'"
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 48