The Book of Prayer
Bulugh al-Maram #399
كتاب الصلاة
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ - رضى الله عنه - "أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ لِمَرِيضٍ - صَلَّى عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ, فَرَمَى بِهَا - وَقَالَ: " صَلِّ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ إِنْ اِسْتَطَعْتَ, وَإِلَّا فَأَوْمِئْ إِيمَاءً, وَاجْعَلْ سُجُودَكَ أَخْفَضَ مِنْ رُكُوعِكَ" رَوَاهُ اَلْبَيْهَقِيُّ بِسَنَدٍ قَوِيٍّ وَلَكِنْ صَحَّحَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ وَقْفَهُ.
Narrated Jabir (RA):
The saying of the Prophet (ﷺ) to a sick person who prayed on a cushion: The Prophet (ﷺ) threw it away and said, “Pray on the ground, if you are able to do so; otherwise, pray by gesturing signs and make your prostration lower than your bowing.”
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ - رضى الله عنه - "أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَالَ لِمَرِيضٍ - صَلَّى عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ , فَرَمَى بِهَا - وَقَالَ : " صَلِّ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ إِنْ اِسْتَطَعْتَ , وَإِلَّا فَأَوْمِئْ إِيمَاءً , وَاجْعَلْ سُجُودَكَ أَخْفَضَ مِنْ رُكُوعِكَ" رَوَاهُ اَلْبَيْهَقِيُّ بِسَنَدٍ قَوِيٍّ وَلَكِنْ صَحَّحَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ وَقْفَهُ .
The saying of the Prophet (ﷺ) to a sick person who prayed on a cushion: The Prophet (ﷺ) threw it away and said, "Pray on the ground, if you are able to do so; otherwise, pray by gesturing signs and make your prostration lower than your bowing."
— Bulugh al-Maram, Hadith 399