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ahmad:26002Yazīd > Muḥammad / Ibn ʿAmr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah b. Waqqāṣ al-Laythī

[Machine] I asked Aisha, and I said, "How did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform the two units of prayer while sitting?" She replied, "He would recite in them while sitting, and when he wanted to bow, he would stand up and bow."  

أحمد:٢٦٠٠٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ؟ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ  


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muslim:731dIbn Numayr > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah b. Waqqāṣ

I asked 'A'isha how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did in the two rak'ahs as he (observed them) sitting. She said: He would recite (the Qur'an) in them, and when he intended to bow, he would stand up and then bowed.  

مسلم:٧٣١dوَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ  

ibnmajah:1196ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

“Aishah narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr with one Rak’ah, then he prayed two Rak’ah in which he recited while sitting, then when he wanted to bow, he stood up and bowed.”  

ابن ماجة:١١٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ