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ʿAlī saw the Prophet ﷺ drink standing up

bukhari:5615Abū Nuʿaym > Misʿar > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > al-Nazzāl

Ali came to the gate of the courtyard (of the Mosque) and drank (water) while he was standing and said, "Some people dislike to drink while standing, but I saw the Prophet ﷺ doing (drinking water) as you have seen me doing now."  

البخاري:٥٦١٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ النَّزَّالِ قَالَ

أَتَى عَلِيٌّ ؓ عَلَى باب الرَّحَبَةِ فَشَرِبَ قَائِمًا فَقَالَ: إِنَّ نَاسًا يَكْرَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ وَهْوَ قَائِمٌ، وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ۔  


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abudawud:3718Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Misʿar b. Kidām > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > al-Nazzāl b. Sabrah > ʿAlī Daʿā Bimāʾ Fasharibah / Qāʾim Thum > In Rijāl Yakrah Aḥaduhum

‘Ali asked for water and he drank it while standing. He then said: some people disapprove of doing this (drinking while standing ), but I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing as I have done.  

أبو داود:٣٧١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ كِدَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ النَّزَّالِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبَهُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رِجَالاً يَكْرَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ هَذَا وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ مِثْلَ مَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أَفْعَلُهُ