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ahmad:6512Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Hilāl b. Yasāf from my father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying while sitting. I said to him, "I have heard that you say that sitting prayer is half of the standing prayer?" He replied, "Indeed, I am not like you."  

أحمد:٦٥١٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَنْ أَبِي

يَحْيَىعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا قُلْتُ لَهُ حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى نِصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِكُمْ