Q: My father is ill and unable to perform his salaah. I understand that I cannot perform the salaah for him. Is there any other way for me to cover up his salaah for him, and if so, how much will it cost to pay for his salaah? We estimate around 50 years without salaah. He has a house which just got paid off to the value of approx R800 000 and a car to the value of approx R40 000.
Q: My doctor recently put a catheter on for me. How do I perform my salaah?
Q: My mother is 83 years old and has dementia. She cannot perform salaah because she cannot remember and is not paak. What will be her situation for the missed salaah?
Q: I can walk easily, can stand for a long time, but the problem is to bend my knees. So I can't make sajdah easily. My doctor advised me not to do salah by normal way? How do I perform my salah?
Q: I cannot sit in qa'dah position in salaah. Normally we use a chair only for qa'dah and sajdah and I stand in qiyaam. A person told me that I cannot stand in while performing salaah in jamaat. The reason being that you will not in be line with the saff and I will be standing in front of the the saff due to the chair being in line with the saff. Should I sit or stand?
Q: I got colostomy bag installed on my stomach due to cancer 2 years ago. As I have no control of my stool, it passes away in the bag without any signs or senses. How can I perform salaah as najaasat is with me almost 24 hours a day. Also, is it compulsory for me to perform sunnah salaah and Nawafil etc.?
Q: If a person has a horrible headache, and the motion from standing to sitting to Sajdah etc aggravates it, can one sit for Salaah?
Also if a person has had a very hectic day, and it feels like they are almost about to fall over, is it permissible to sit and read Salaah?
Q: While lying in bed I am sometimes unable to face the Qibla as I need assistance and it is difficult for my wife to do it alone. Should I still raise my head or can I read salaah lying flat down (by raising my head I will not be face to Qibla still)?
Q: If a person is unable to do sajdah on the floor due to health problems, does one need to do sajdah on a table if sitting on chair and reading salah or is it permissible to bend down in sajdah whilst in the sitting position on a chair?
Q: Can we offer the first rakah of namaz by standing and other rakaats by sitting?