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ahmad:13236ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across some people who were praying while sitting due to an illness. He said, "Indeed, the prayer of a person sitting is half the prayer of a person standing."

أحمد:١٣٢٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاسٍ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ قُعُودًا مِنْ مَرَضٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ صَلَاةَ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ

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ibnmajah:1230Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Bishr b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. Saʿd > Anas b. Mālik

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.”

ابن ماجة:١٢٣٠حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ فَرَأَى أُنَاسًا يُصَلُّونَ قُعُودًا فَقَالَ صَلاَةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْقَائِمِ

ahmad:24325Asbāṭ > Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. Muhājir > Qāʾid al-Sāʾib b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Sāʾib

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1230)

أحمد:٢٤٣٢٥حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ قَائِدِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَحَدَّثَتْنَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ

ahmad:25850Ḥajjāj > Sharīk > Ibrāhīm b. Muhājir > Mujāhid > Mawlāh al-Sāʾib > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The prayer of the sitting person is half the prayer of the standing person."

(Note: This is a translation of a Hadith, a saying of Prophet Muhammad, and the phrase "ﷺ " is used to show respect for him.)

أحمد:٢٥٨٥٠حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ مَوْلَاةِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ

tabarani:15741ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "The prayer of a person sitting down is equal to half of the prayer of a person standing, and the prayer of a person lying down is equal to half of the prayer of a person sitting down."

الطبراني:١٥٧٤١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ وَصَلَاةُ النَّائِمِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَاعِدِ»