English translation
1153. It was narrated that Mâlik bin Al-Huwaîrith said: "I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ pray, and when he was in an odd-numbered Rak'ah, he did not get up until he had settled in a sitting position." (Sahîh)
Hadith 1153
Settling In A Seated Position After Rising From The Two Prostrations
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Darussalam · Volume 2
12. [The Book of The At-Taḥbîq (Clasping One's Hands Together)]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 1152 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 234
Al-Albani source references (2)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 1152 · Volume 3 · Page 296
Sahih
صحيح الترمذي (٢٨٧)
- صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 1104 · Volume 1 · Page 248
Sahih
(صحيح) - الترمذي ٢٨٧: خ.
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Arabic text
1152 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ: «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فَإِذَا كَانَ فِي وَتْرٍ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ لَمْ يَنْهَضْ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ جَالِسًا»
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Commentary
At the end of the odd-numbered unit within a prayer, sitting upright before proceeding to the next cycle is called Jalsah Al-Istirâhâ (the sitting of rest). And this is desirable. Apart from this Hadîth, there are several other narrations which explicitly mention it in words as well as in practice. Some people who do not acknowledge it, attribute it to the Prophet's ﷺ old age - saying that the Prophet ﷺ had to sit thus due to old age and not as a Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ. But they have no evidence for this sort of interpretation.