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muslim:732a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

I asked 'A'isha whether the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed (Nafl) sitting. She said: Yes, when the people had made him old.  

مسلم:٧٣٢a – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بَعْدَ مَا حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُ  

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nasai:1657 – Abū al-Ashʿath > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq

"I said to Aishah: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray sitting down?' She said: 'Yes, after the people had worn him out.'"  

النسائي:١٦٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بَعْدَ مَا حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُ  

bayhaqi:4584 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Jurayrī [Chain 2] Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Imām > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Qult

[Machine] Did the Prophet ﷺ used to pray while sitting? Aisha said, "Yes, after the people crowded around him."  

البيهقي:٤٥٨٤ – أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ (ح) وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْإِمَامُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ

لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بَعْدَ مَا حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُ  

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