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ahmad:15251Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Madāʾinī > And Rqāʾ > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so we entered upon him and found him sitting in his room, with a curtain in front of him. He prayed sitting down, and we stood behind him and prayed. When he finished the prayer, he said, 'When I pray sitting down, you should also pray sitting down. And when I pray standing up, you should also pray standing up. And do not stand as the Persians stand before their kings.'"  

أحمد:١٥٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَائِنِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

وُثِئَتْ رِجْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا أَوْ وَجَدْنَاهُ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ جَالِسًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ غُرْفَةٍ فَصَلَّى جَالِسًا وَقُمْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَصَلَّيْنَا فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ جَالِسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا وَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُ قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا وَلَا تَقُومُوا كَمَا تَقُومُ فَارِسُ لِجَبَابِرَتِهَا أَوْ لِمُلُوكِهَا