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689. Narrated Anas bin Mālik عَنْهُ: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُOnce Allāh's Messenger ﷺ rode a horse andfell down and the right side (of his body) wasinjured. He offered one of the Ṣalāt (prayers)while sitting and we also offered Ṣalāt behindhim sitting. When he completed the Ṣalāt, hesaid, "The Imām is to be followed. OfferṢalāt standing if he is offering the Ṣalātstanding and bow when he bows; raise upwhen he raises up and if he says, 'Sami'Allāhu liman hamidah, say then, 'Rabbanāwa lakal-hamd' and offer the Ṣalāt sitting (allof you) if he is offering the Ṣalāt sitting." Ḥumaidī said: The statement of theProphet ﷺ "Offer Ṣalāt sitting, if he(Imām) is offering the Ṣalāt sitting" wassaid in his former illness (during his early life)but later on the Prophet ﷺ offered Ṣalātsitting (in the last illness) and the peopleoffered Ṣalāt standing behind him and theProphet ﷺ did not order them to sit. So onehas to follow the last action of the Prophet ﷺ[Please see Hadīth No.5658].