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السيوطي:١٥١٣٤a –

"صَلِّ قَائِمًا، فإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا فإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلى جَنْبٍ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن عمران بن حصين

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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim
bukhari:1117 – ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > al-Ḥusayn al-Muktib > Ibn Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

had piles, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the prayer. He said, "Pray while standing and if you can't, pray while sitting and if you cannot do even that, then pray Lying on your side."  

البخاري:١١١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ الْمُكْتِبُ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَتْ بِي بَوَاسِيرُ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ  

abudawud:952 – Muḥammad b. Sulaymān al-Anbārī > Wakīʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > Ibn Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

I had a fistula; so I asked the prophet ﷺ. He said: offer prayer in standing condition; if you are unable to do so, then in sitting condition: if you are then at your side(i.e, in lying condition).  

أبو داود:٩٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَنْبَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

كَانَ بِيَ النَّاصُورُ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ  

ibnmajah:1223 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > Ibn Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

“I suffered from Nasur* and I asked the Prophet ﷺ about prayer. He said: ‘Perform prayer standing; if you cannot, then sitting; and if you cannot then while lying on your side.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

كَانَ بِي النَّاصُورُ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ  

ahmad:19819 – Wakīʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > Ibn Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

I had a fistula; so I asked the prophet ﷺ. He said: offer prayer in standing condition; if you are unable to do so, then in sitting condition: if you are then at your side(i.e, in lying condition). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 952)  

أحمد:١٩٨١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

كَانَ بِي النَّاصُورُ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقَالَ صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ  

hakim:1186 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Wakīʿ > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > Kān

I had a fistula; so I asked the prophet ﷺ. He said: offer prayer in standing condition; if you are unable to do so, then in sitting condition: if you are then at your side(i.e, in lying condition). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 952)   

الحاكم:١١٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَنْبَأَ وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ أَنَّ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

كَانَ بِي النَّاصُورُ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَجَالِسًا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِنَّمَا أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ مُخْتَصَرًا