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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ أَمْرُ فَضِيلَةٍ لَا فَرِيضَةٍ

ibnhibban:2111ʿUmar b. Muḥammad b. Bujayr al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ came to them and the prayer was due. He performed the prayer with them while they were standing, then when the next prayer was due, they started to stand up. He said: 'Bring your Imam, and if he prays sitting, then pray sitting, and if he prays standing, then pray standing.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢١١١أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بُجَيْرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَاهُ الْقَوْمُ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ قَاعِدًا وَهُمْ قِيَامٌ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ الْأُخْرَى ذَهَبُوا يَقُومُونَ فَقَالَ «ائْتَمُّوا بِإِمَامِكُمْ وَإِنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَصَلُّوا قُعُودًا وَإِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا»