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1653. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ did not refrain from (kissing) my forehead when he was fasting, and he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting down." Then she said something to the effect that (referred to the prayers) other than the obligatory prayers. "And the dearest of actions to him was that in which a person persists, even if it is little." (Sahih)
Yûnus contradicted him,[1] he reported it from Abû Ishâq, from Al-Aswad, from Umm Salamah.
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The optional ritual prayer may be performed sitting. If it is without a plausible excuse, its recompense shall be half. If there is, however, any excuse (for instance, disease, old age, etc.), the reward will be complete, providing one had customarily offered it standing during the time of his good health
and youth. However, the obligatory prayer may not be performed sitting, unless one has a valid excuse to do so. With a valid excuse, it is permissible to offer it sitting. The recompense too shall be complete.
