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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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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
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: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  

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  

tabarani:17886Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Saqaṭī And Saʿīd b. Muḥammad b. al-Mughīrah al-Miṣrī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī > Ṣāliḥ b. ʿUmar > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū al-Akhḍar > al-Zuhrī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū Wadāʿah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man praying while sitting, so he said, "The prayer of a person sitting is half the prayer of a person standing." So the people became firm in standing.  

الطبراني:١٧٨٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقَطِيُّ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَخْضَرِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى نِصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ» فَتَجَشَّمَ النَّاسُ الْقِيَامَ  

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»