The Prayer Of The One Sitting Down
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 951 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 250
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Sahih
صحيح
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Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط البخاري. وقد أخرجه في "صحيحه". وقال الترمذي: "حسن صحيح")
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951. Imrān bin Huṣain narrated that he asked the Prophet ﷺ about the prayer of one who prays while sitting down, so he replied: "His prayer while he stands up is better than his prayer while he sits down, and his prayer while he sits down is equivalent to half of his prayer while he stands up. And his prayer while lying down is equivalent to half the prayer while he is sitting down." (Sahih)
951 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا، فَقَالَ: «صَلَاتُهُ قَائِمًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا، وَصَلَاتُهُ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَائِمًا، وَصَلَاتُهُ نَائِمًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا»
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1. If a person, unable to stand up due to sickness or weakness, prays while sitting, he will receive full reward for his prayer, Allāh willing. 2. It is absolutely forbidden for a person, strong enough to stand up, to offer his or her obligatory prayer while sitting or lying. Anyhow, a voluntary prayer may be offered while sitting, without a genuine excuse, but such a prayer merits only half the reward.