The method of praying by gestures

Question

(1) How should a person pray who has had an operation, is lying on a bed and has been forbidden by the doctor to move? (2) If a patient is being given glucose [by drip], how can he perform the prayer in that state, or may he leave the prayer for qada'?

Answer

(1) He should pray by gestures of the head in such a way that no part of the body moves: only for ruku' and sajda should he gesture with the head. (2) He should perform the prayer in that same state.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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