Prayer: If fighters can’t recite Fātiḥah or perform rukūʿ and sujūd during battle, how should they pray?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: If fighters can’t recite Fātiḥah or perform rukūʿ and sujūd during battle, how should they pray?
English:
Question #721:
If combatants on the warfront cannot recite the Fātiḥah or perform prostration or rukū‘ due to the intensity of battle, how should they say prayer?
Answer #721:
They should perform prayer in any possible way and if they cannot perform rukū‘ and prostration, it will suffice to do them through gestures.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer