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Bulugh al-Maram 443

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Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: { عَادَ اَلنَّبِيُّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-مَرِيضًا, فَرَآهُ يُصَلِّي عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ, فَرَمَى بِهَا, وَقَالَ:

"صَلِّ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ إِنْ اِسْتَطَعْتَ, وَإِلَّا فَأَوْمِ إِيمَاءً, وَاجْعَلْ سُجُودَكَ أَخْفَضَ مِنْ رُكُوعِكَ"

Narrated Jabir (RA):

The Prophet (ﷺ) visited a sick man and saw him praying on a cushion, he threw it away and said, "Pray on the ground, if you can, or else pray by gestures and make your prostration lower than your bowing." [al-Baihaqi reported it and Abu Hatim graded it Sahih (authentic) in Mawquf form (as a saying of a companion, i.e. Jabir)].

Cited in Bulugh al-Maram (No. 443).

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Authentic Bulugh al-Maram 329

Pray on the ground if you are able to; and if not, then use gestures and make your prostration lower than your bowing

Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person and saw him pray on a pillow. He took the pillow and threw it away. The man took it, again with the intention to pray on it, and the Messenger of…

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- { أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ لِمَرِيضٍ ‏- صَلَّى عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ , فَرَمَى بِهَا ‏- وَقَالَ : " صَلِّ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ إِنْ اِسْتَطَعْتَ , وَإِلَّا فَأَوْمِئْ…

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