Additionally, sometimes my back pain increases when I pray.

Can I pray sitting during this period?

✅ Answer: Please refer to the following narrations:

1⃣عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ في حديث قَالَ لَیْسَ شَیْءٌ مِمَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أَحَلَّهُ لِمَنِ اضْطُرَّ إِلَیْهِ

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said in a narration: There is nothing that Allah has forbidden, except that He has made it permissible for one who is compelled and forced by necessity!

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, p. 177

2⃣عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ حَرِیزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ وَ الْمَرْأَةِ یَذْهَبُ بَصَرُهُ فَیَأْتِیهِ الْأَطِبَّاءُ فَیَقُولُونَ نُدَاوِیکَ شَهْراً أَوْ أَرْبَعِینَ لَیْلَةً مُسْتَلْقِیاً کَذَلِکَ یُصَلِّی فَرَخَّصَ فِی ذَلِکَ وَ قَالَ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَیْرَ باغٍ وَ لا عادٍ فَلا إِثْمَ عَلَیْهِ

Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a man and a woman who lose their eyesight, and physicians come to them and say that they need to be treated by lying on their backs for a month or 40 nights, and they pray in that position. The Imam permitted this and recited the end of verse 173 of Surah Al-Baqarah: 'But if one is forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on him.'

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 410

3⃣الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ النَّهْدِیِّ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وُضِعَ عَنْ أُمَّتِی تِسْعُ خِصَالٍ الْخَطَأُ وَ النِّسْیَانِ وَ مَا لَا یَعْلَمُونَ وَ مَا لَا یُطِیقُونَ وَ مَا اضْطُرُّوا إِلَیْهِ وَ مَا اسْتُکْرِهُوا عَلَیْهِ وَ الطِّیَرَةُ وَ الْوَسْوَسَةُ فِی التَّفَکُّرِ فِی الْخَلْقِ وَ الْحَسَدُ مَا لَمْ یُظْهِرْ بِلِسَانٍ أَوْ یَدٍ.

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 463

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: Nine things are lifted from my nation: error, forgetfulness, what they do not know, what they cannot bear, what they are compelled to do, bad omens, thoughts about creation, and envy as long as it is not expressed in words or actions!

4⃣قَالَ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ الْمَرِیضُ یُصَلِّی قَائِماً فَإِنْ لَمْ یَسْتَطِعْ صَلَّی جَالِساً فَإِنْ لَمْ یَسْتَطِعْ صَلَّی عَلَی جَنْبِهِ الْأَیْمَنِ فَإِنْ لَمْ یَسْتَطِعْ صَلَّی عَلَی جَنْبِهِ الْأَیْسَرِ فَإِنْ لَمْ یَسْتَطِعِ اسْتَلْقَی وَ أَوْمَأَ إِیمَاءً وَ جَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ نَحْوَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَ جَعَلَ سُجُودَهُ أَخْفَضَ مِنْ رُکُوعِهِ.

📚 Al-Faqih, vol. 1, p. 362

He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: A sick person prays standing, if he cannot, then sitting, if he cannot, then lying on his right side, if he cannot, then lying on his left side, if he cannot, then lying on his back, and he points for bowing and prostration, turning his face towards the Qibla, and making his prostration lower than his bowing!

✅ According to the principles mentioned in the above narrations and others, although a person is obliged to perform their prayer with standing, bowing, and prostration completely, in a state of necessity and compulsion, there is allowance to omit what one is compelled by necessity to omit.

✅ Regarding the question above, where the individual must have complete bed rest to treat a herniated disc, due to necessity, they are permitted to perform their prayer in a manner that does not disrupt their treatment process, and according to their ability and medical guidelines, they should observe the priorities mentioned in narration 4⃣ and others.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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