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ibnmajah:1229 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Quṭbah > al-Aʿmash > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. Bābāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا قُطْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَابَاهْ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا فَقَالَ صَلاَةُ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْقَائِمِ  

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ahmad:6803 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah Ḥuddithnā > Manṣūr > Hilāl b. Yisāf > Abū Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1229)   

أحمد:٦٨٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ حُدِّثْنَا عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ  

ahmad:25850 – Ḥajjāj > Sharīk > Ibrāhīm b. Muhājir > Mujāhid > Mawlāh al-Sāʾib > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The prayer of the sitting person is half the prayer of the standing person."

(Note: This is a translation of a Hadith, a saying of Prophet Muhammad, and the phrase "ﷺ " is used to show respect for him.)  

أحمد:٢٥٨٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ مَوْلَاةِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ  

ahmad:24325 – Asbāṭ > Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. Muhājir > Qāʾid al-Sāʾib b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Sāʾib

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1230)   

أحمد:٢٤٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ قَائِدِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَحَدَّثَتْنَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ  

ahmad:24327 – Abū Nuʿaym > Isrāʾīl > Brāhīm b. Muhājir > Mujāhid > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The prayer of the one sitting is half the prayer of the one standing."  

أحمد:٢٤٣٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةُ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ  

nasai-kubra:1369 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Ibrāhīm b. Muhājir > Mujāhid > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , who said: "The prayer of a man sitting is half the prayer of the standing one."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ جَالِسًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ»