Where to fix the gaze when sitting and performing salaah
Q: When sitting and reading nafl, where should one look?
Sitting and Performing Salaah
Sitting on a chair and performing salaah without a valid excuse
Q: While performing salaah, if I stand for qiyaam and do ruku in a normal manner, but I sit on a chair and perform my sajdah and jalsah, is my salaah valid? This is not due to any physical ailment.
Pregnant woman sitting on a chair and performing salaah
Q: If a woman is one month pregnant, can she perform salaah on a chair for the safety of the baby?
Performing salaah while seated on a chair without a valid excuse
Q: If a girl is wearing a huge ball gown for her wedding which is such that it is difficult for her to make sajdah in it due to the many layers, will it be permissible for her to perform one salaah sitting on a chair?
Sitting and performing Salaah in a coal mine
Q: I work on a coal mine, where the roof is not high enough to allow one to stand up straight. We work morning shift for a week and night shift the next week. Dhuhr is delayed until returning to surface when working morning shift, however salaah is performed underground when working afternoon shift. As one is required to stand upright, is it required to a) sit and pray (and then repeat the parayer when on surface) or b) stand and pray (even though one stands slightly crouched)?
Performing salaah while seated on a chair
Q: Is it permissible for a person who is able to perform the entire salaah standing, together with making the ruku normally and performing sajdah on the ground, to sit on a chair and perform salaah?
Making ruku when performing Salaah sitting
Q: When performing salaah sitting on the floor, and going into ruku, how far down should one go down?
Sitting and performing Fardh and Waajib Salaah without a valid excuse
Q: If a person prays a fardh or waajib prayer sitting down, without a valid excuse, is his prayer considered invalid? I recently heard from a Mufti that the prayer itself would be valid, since he did not miss a fardh element of prayer by sitting down (and not standing). What is the position of the Hanafi madhab in this regard?