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Where to place the chair when praying seated in congregation
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Question: Whoever prays sitting on a chair in the masjid, should he place the back legs of the chair in line with the [other] people praying, or should he place the front legs [of the chair] in line with the feet of the people praying [in his row]?

Response: He should place the back legs of the chair in line with the feet of the people praying [in his row].

Question: But when he stands, he will be infront of the [rest of the] row.

Response: He is not standing, [so he should place] his bottom [on the chair] in line with the feet of the people praying [in his row].

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Mu'aasirah - Page 31
al-Mowsoo'ah - No.9209