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372. This Hadīth has been related from Ibrāhīm bin Ṭahmān with this chain. Except that he said: "From 'Imran bin Ḥuṣain who said: 'I asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ about Ṣalāt for the sick person. He said: "He performs Ṣalāt standing, if he is not able then sitting, if he is not able then on his side." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
This was narrated to us by Hannād (who said:) "Waki' narrated it to us from Ibrāhīm bin Ṭahmān, from Ḥusain Al-Mu'allim, who narrated this Hadīth.
Abū 'Eisā said: We do not know
anyone reporting a narration from Ḥusain Al-Mu'allim like that of Ibrāhīm bin Ṭahmān. Abū Usāmah and others reported it from Ḥusain Al-Mu'allim like the narration of 'Eisā bin Yūnus. (a narrator in Hadīth no. 371)
According to some of the people of knowledge, this Hadīth refers to the voluntary prayers.
Muḥammad bin Bash-shār narrated to us: Ibn Abī 'Adī informed us from Ash'ath bin 'Abdul-Mālik, from Al-Ḥasan who said: "If he wants, a man can pray voluntary Ṣalāt standing, sitting, or lying down."
The people of knowledge differ over the Ṣalāt of the sick person when he is not able to pray sitting. Some of the people of knowledge said that he prays on his right side. Some of them said he prays lying on his back with his legs toward the Qiblah. Regarding the Hadīth: "Whoever performs Ṣalāt while sitting, then he gets half the reward of the one standing" Sufyān Ath-Thawrī said: "This is for the healthy person, and for anyone who does not have some excuse [meaning for the voluntary prayers]. As for one who has an excuse, be it an illness or otherwise, then he performs Ṣalāt sitting, and he gets the same reward as for standing." Some of the narrations of this Hadīth have been reported in a way that is similar to what Sufyān Ath-Thawrī said.
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Commentary
Ibn Hajar said: These both Aḥādīth have separate meanings and both are authentic; one is about the voluntary prayer and other one is about the prayer of a sick person. As for the prayer of a sick person, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said that he gains the reward of his good deed performed in the state of good health, just as a traveler gains reward like the deeds performed in a state of residence. [See: Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī: 2996]
