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tirmidhi:371ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"I asked Messenger of Allah (S) about the Salat for a man who is sitting. He said: 'Whoever performs Salat while standing then that is more virtuous. And whoever performs Salat while sitting, then he gets half the rewards of the one standing, and whoever performs Salat while lying down, then he gets half the rewards of the one sitting.'"  

الترمذي:٣٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَأَنَسٍ وَالسَّائِبِ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:1115Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Ḥusayn > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

(who had piles) I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the praying of a man while sitting. He said, "If he prays while standing it is better and he who prays while sitting gets half the reward of that who prays standing; and whoever prays while Lying gets half the reward of that who prays while sitting."  

البخاري:١١١٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ وَكَانَ مَبْسُورًا قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ إِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهْوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ  

bukhari:1116Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah

ʿImran bin Husain had piles. Once Abu Ma mar narrated from ʿImran bin Husain had said, "I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the prayer of a person while sitting. He said, 'It is better for one to pray standing; and whoever prays sitting gets half the reward of that who prays while standing; and whoever prays while Lying gets half the reward of that who prays while sitting.' "  

البخاري:١١١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ أَنَّ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلاً مَبْسُورًا وَقَالَ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ مَرَّةً عَنْ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَهْوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهْوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ نَائِمًا عِنْدِي مُضْطَجِعًا هَا هُنَا  

nasai:1660Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Sufyān b. Ḥabīb > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"I asked the Prophet ﷺ about one who prays sitting down. He said: 'Whoever prays standing up is better, and one who prays sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing up. And whoever prays lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting down.'"  

النسائي:١٦٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ  

ibnmajah:1231Bishr b. Hilāl al-Ṣawwāf > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

It was narrated from ‘Imran bin Husain that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who prays sitting down. He said, “Whoever performs prayer standing up, that is better. Whoever performs prayer sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing. And whoever performs prayer lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الصَّوَّافُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ  

ahmad:19974Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > Ḥusayn > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

It was narrated from ‘Imran bin Husain that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who prays sitting down. He said, “Whoever performs prayer standing up, that is better. Whoever performs prayer sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing. And whoever performs prayer lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1231)  

أحمد:١٩٩٧٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَاعِدِ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ  

ahmad:19983ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ḥusayn > Ibn Buraydah And ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

It was narrated from ‘Imran bin Husain that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who prays sitting down. He said, “Whoever performs prayer standing up, that is better. Whoever performs prayer sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing. And whoever performs prayer lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1231)  

أحمد:١٩٩٨٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مَبْسُورًا قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ وَالرَّجُلُ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ  

ذِكْرُ تَفْضِيلِ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ، وَالْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النَّائِمِ

ibnhibban:2513Abū Yaʿlá > al-Ḥasan b. Ḥammād Sajjādah > Abū Usāmah > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

It was narrated from ‘Imran bin Husain that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who prays sitting down. He said, “Whoever performs prayer standing up, that is better. Whoever performs prayer sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing. And whoever performs prayer lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1231)   

ابن حبّان:٢٥١٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ سَجَّادَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «صَلِّ قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ»  

nasai-kubra:1366Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Sufyān / Ibn Ḥabīb > Ḥusayn Wahū Ibn Dhakwān al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"I asked the Prophet ﷺ about one who prays sitting down. He said: 'Whoever prays standing up is better, and one who prays sitting down will have half the reward of one who prays standing up. And whoever prays lying down will have half the reward of one who prays sitting down.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1660)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ذَكْوَانَ الْمُعَلِّمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا لَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ»  

bayhaqi:4592[Chain 1] Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Isḥāq b. al-Azraq > Ḥusayn al-Muktib [Chain 2] Abū Jaʿfar al-Razzāz > Aḥmad b. al-Walīd al-Faḥḥām > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim [Chain 3] Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Abū al-Muthanná > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the prayer of a person while sitting, and he said that whoever prays standing is better, and whoever prays sitting will have half the reward of the one who prays standing, and whoever prays while lying down will have half the reward of the one who prays sitting. This is mentioned in the Hadith of Abdullah bin Warith. And in the Hadith of Ishaq, it is mentioned that he asked the Prophet ﷺ about the prayer of a person sitting and the remaining of his prayer is similar to it. And in the Hadith of Yazid, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the prayer of a person sitting, and he replied...  

البيهقي:٤٥٩٢أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ ثنا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُكْتِبُ (ح) وَأنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْفَحَّامُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ (ح) وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ثنا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَاعِدِ وَالْبَاقِي مِثْلُهُ وَفِي حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ
bayhaqi:3680ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Aḥmad b. al-Walīd al-Faḥḥām > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah

[Machine] Imran ibn Husain asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about praying while sitting, and he ﷺ said, "Whoever prays while standing, it is better for him. And whoever prays while sitting, he will have half the reward of the one who prays while standing. And whoever prays while lying down, he will have half the reward of the one who prays while sitting."  

البيهقي:٣٦٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْفَحَّامُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ

عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَاعِدِ فَقَالَ ﷺ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ
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السيوطي:٢٢١٥٢a

"مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِم، وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نصْفُ أَجْر الْقَاعِد".  

[خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن عمران بن حصين
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السيوطي:١٥١٣٠a

"صَلَّ قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَه نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ، وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَه نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن عمران بن حصين