What Was Narrated Concerning The Fact That The Imām Is Appointed To Be Followed
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1237 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 392
Source no. 1237 · Volume 3 · Page 237
Sahih
صحيح، التعليق على ابن خزيمة (١٦١٤) ، صحيح أبي داود (٦١٨)
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1237. It was narrated that 'Āishah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ fell ill and some of his Companions came to visit him. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ performed prayer while sitting down, and they prayed behind him standing up. He gestured them to sit down, and when he finished he said: 'The Imām is appointed to be followed. When he bows, then bow; when he stands up again, then stand up, and if he prays sitting down then pray sitting down.'" (Sahih)
1237 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَعُودُونَهُ، فَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسًا، فَصَلَّوْا بِصَلَاتِهِ قِيَامًا، فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنِ اجْلِسُوا، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ، فَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ فَارْفَعُوا، وَإِذَا صَلَّى جَالِسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا»
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a. It is permissible for a sick person to perform the prayer in his house. b. We must visit those who are sick. c. It is not allowed to precede the Imâm, either in bowing, or in prostration (See H. 960 -963). d. This Hadith says that, if the Imâm is sitting while leading the prayer, the worshipers should also pray in the sitting position even without an excuse. Scholars, however, hold the view that the ruling was later abrogated since, although the Prophet ﷺ himself led the people in prayer while sitting during his last illness, the Companions performed the prayer behind him standing up, which is the correct way.