[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a sitting position, and Abu Bakr ibn al-Harith informed us that Abu Muhammad ibn Hayyan narrated to us that Ibn Zuhair al-Tustari, Muhammad ibn Yahya, and Muhammad ibn al-Abbas said: Yusuf al-Qattan narrated to us that Abu Dawud al-Hafari mentioned it with a similar narration except that he said it was narrated by Humaid al-Tawil.  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مُتَرَبِّعًا وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ثنا ابْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالُوا ثنا يُوسُفُ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ  

[Machine] She said, "I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying in a seated position. It has been narrated in a confirmed hadith from Uthman ibn Hakeem, from Aamir ibn Abdullah ibn Zubair, from his father who said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his left foot between his thigh and his calf, and he would spread his right foot out, except when he was sitting for tashahhud. Perhaps this was due to discomfort, and Allah knows best."  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مُتَرَبِّعًا وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ الثَّابِتِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَعَدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ جَعَلَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى بَيْنَ فَخِذِهِ وَسَاقِهِ وَفَرَشَ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَّا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقُعُودِ لِلتَّشَهُّدِ وَلَعَلَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ مِنْ شَكْوَى وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ making dua like this, and he placed his hands on his knees while sitting. The sheikh said, and Uqbah, the brother of Sa'id ibn 'Ubaid al-Tai, narrated that he saw Anas ibn Malik praying while sitting. And Omar also narrated it from him, a sheikh from the Ansar.  

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَدْعُو هَكَذَا وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُتَرَبِّعٌ جَالِسٌ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ رَوَى عُقْبَةُ أَخُو سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّائِيِّ أَنَّهُ رَأَى أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يُصَلِّي مُتَرَبِّعًا وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا عَنْهُ عُمَرُ شَيْخٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ  

[Machine] Abu Abdullah, I do not know how I heard it except from him. He said, "And it was Abbad who narrated it to me, and he did not say it in a reclining position."  

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّى سَمِعْتُهُ إِلَّا مِنْهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ عَبَّادٌ يَرْوِيهِ لَا يَقُولُ فِيهِ مُتَرَبِّعًا  

[Machine] That his legs cannot carry him, and that happens, God willing.  

بِأَنَّ رِجْلَيْهِ لَا تَحْمِلَانِهِ وَذَلِكَ يَرِدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى  

[Machine] He hated it.  

أَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ  

[Machine] And Ibn Abbas said, "I think he dislikes it."  

وَقَالَ أَحْسَبُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَرِهَهُ  

[Machine] To sit comfortably in prayer was supported by Al-Shafi'i in his book "Ali" and Abdullah without any conditions. He said that what Ibn Mas'ud dislikes, which is a man sitting during prayer, is disliked by the people of Iraq who disagree with Ibn Mas'ud. They say that the sitting position during prayer is a form of sitting. Then, in the book of Al-Buwayti, he said that one should sit in the position of standing while being comfortably seated. And how is it possible? It seems that he specifically highlighted this or reached it based on some previous evidence. And Allah knows best.  

أَنْ أَقْعُدَ مُتَرَبِّعًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَهَذَا قَدْ حَمَلَهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَى الْإِطْلَاقِ وَقَالَ يُكْرَهُ مَا يَكْرَهُ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ تَرَبُّعِ الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَهُمْ يَعْنِي الْعِرَاقِيِّينَ يُخَالِفُونَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَيَقُولُونَ قِيَامُ صَلَاةِ الْجَالِسِ التَّرَبُّعُ ثُمَّ فِي كِتَابِ الْبُوَيْطِيِّ قَالَ يَقْعُدُ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْقِيَامِ مُتَرَبِّعًا وَكَيْفَ أَمْكَنَهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ حَمَلَهُ عَلَى الْخُصُوصِ أَوْ ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِبَعْضِ مَا مَضَى وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ