For someone who is ill and finds it too difficult to stand during prayer, it is allowed for them to sit. If sitting is also challenging, they may pray while lying down. Prayer of the Sick Person Al-Quduri (973–1037 CE), the prominent Hanafi jurist and scholar, laid out the following rules in his best known work “Mukhtasar al-Quduri” (“Quduri’s Concise Manual”), which is a foundational text in Hanafi jurisprudence: 1. When it is impossible for a sick person to stand, he prays sitting, performing ruku` and sujud. if he is unable to......

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