Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب فِي صَلاَةِ الْقَاعِدِ
Chapter: The Prayer Of The One Sitting Down.
7 hadith · references 950–956
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Abu Dawud · 950صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا نِصْفُ الصَّلَاةِAbdullah bin Amr said: It has been narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Prayer of a man in sitting condition is half the prayer (wins him half the reward of prayer). I came to him and found him prayer i6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 951صَلَاتُهُ قَائِمًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا ، وَصَلَاتُهُ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَائِمًا ، وَصَلَاتُهُ نَائِمًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًاAbdullah bin Buraidah said: Imran bin Hussain asked the prophet ﷺ about the prayer a man offers in sitting condition. He replied: his prayer in standing condition is better than his prayer in sitting condition, and his p5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 952صَلِّ قَائِمًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَقَاعِدًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَى جَنْبٍImran bin Husain said: 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 condition6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 953مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ جَالِسًا قَطُّ حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِي السِّنِّ ، فَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ فِيهَا فَيَقْرَأُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَقِيَ أَرْبَعُونَ أَوAishah said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting the Quraan in his prayer at night in sitting condition until he became old. Then he used to sit in it (the prayer) and recite the Quran until forty or thirty ver5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 954كَانَ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا فَيَقْرَأُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ، وَإِذَا بَقِيَ مِنْ قِرَاءَتِهِ قَدْرُ مَا يَكُونُ ثَلَاثِينَ أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ آيَةً قَامَ فَقَرَأَهَا وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ ، ثُمَّ يَفْعَلُ فِيAishah, wife of the prophet ﷺ, said: when the prophet ﷺ prayed sitting, he recited the Quran in sitting condition. When the amount of his recitation remained about thirty or forty verses he stood up and recited them stan5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 955كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَائِمًا ، وَلَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَاعِدًا ، فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا ، وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًاAishah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray standing at night for a long time, and used to pray sitting at night for a long time. When he prayed standing, he bowed standing, and when he prayed sitting, he bowed si6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 956أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ السُّورَةَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ ؟ قَالَتْ : الْمُفَصَّلَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا ؟ قَالَتْ : حِينَ حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُAbdullah bin Shaqiq said: I asked Aishah whether the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited a whole Surah (of the Quran) in one Rak’ah of the prayer. She replied: (He recited from among) the Mufassal surahs. I asked: Did he pray (5 narrators