Is it permissible for a worshipper to sit during prayer when feeling pain in the knees that subsides after finishing the prayer and leaves no complications?
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Knee pain does not permit abandoning standing in prayer unless there is unusual hardship or a certain or probable fear of harm. Your mother must continue to stand as long as she does not experience obvious hardship or fear an increase in her illness.
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