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tabarani:9393ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū Ḥamzah > Ibrāhīm > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] "He said regarding the sick person, 'If he is unable to stand on the ground, he should make a gesture of bowing and make his prostration lower than his bowing.'"  

الطبراني:٩٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الْمَرِيضِ إِذَا صَلَّى «إِنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَلْيُومِئْ إِيمَاءً وَلْيَجْعَلْ سُجُودَهُ أَخْفَضُ مِنْ رُكُوعِهِ»