Prayer: Praying with Limited Mobility: Is Raising or Placing the Turbah on a Wheelchair Arm Valid?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Praying with Limited Mobility: Is Raising or Placing the Turbah on a Wheelchair Arm Valid?

English:

Question #492:

While performing prostration it is obligatory to place the seven body parts of prostration on the ground. But we are not able to do this due to our particular physical problem (as disabled veterans who use wheelchairs). So for the purpose of prayer we either raise the turbah to our forehead or place the turbah on the arm of our chair and perform prostration on it. Is this practice correct?

Answer #492:

If it is possible for you to place the turbah on the arm of the wheelchair or a similar place such as a pillow or stool and do prostration upon it, then do so and your prayers will be correct. Otherwise, lift it by your hand and put it on your forehead. If you cannot bend at all, then instead of prostrating, make a gesture by your head and if it is not possible, make a gesture by your eye for prostration.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer