FatwaPerlisPrayer (Salah)
Hukum Solat Di Atas Kerusi
Is it permissible to pray on a chair and how is it performed?
Short answer
Obligatory prayers must be performed standing, but a person unable to stand due to illness, old age or similar reasons may pray sitting, including on a chair.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Perlis State Mufti Department
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Himpunan Fatwa Negeri Perlis
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Obligatory prayers must be performed standing, but a person unable to stand due to illness, old age or similar reasons may pray sitting, including on a chair. Any pillar of the prayer that a person is still able to perform in its original form must be performed so, and the prayer is invalid if the original form of a possible pillar is abandoned merely because another pillar cannot be done. The fatwa outlines five levels of incapacity with the procedure for each, and gives advice on chair placement and row alignment in congregational prayer.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Bagi yang tidak mampu solat secara berdiri boleh duduk sama ada secara iftirasy atau bersila atau duduk di atas sesuatu seperti kerusi.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Perlis State Mufti Department. “Hukum Solat Di Atas Kerusi”, date not stated. https://muftiperlis.gov.my/index.php/himpunan-fatwa-negeri/225-hukum-solat-di-atas-kerusi. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-praying-on-a-chair/