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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Sunan Abu Dawud 951

Chapter: The Prayer Of The One Sitting Down

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 951

Narrator:Imrān ibn Husayn

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏

صَلاَتُهُ قَائِمًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ قَاعِدًا وَصَلاَتُهُ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ قَائِمًا وَصَلاَتُهُ نَائِمًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ قَاعِدًا ‏"

‘Abd Allah b. Buraidah said :

‘Imran b. 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 prayer in sitting condition is half the prayer he offers in standing condition, and his prayer in lying condition is half the prayer he offers in sitting condition.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 951) and Ahmad (No. 19053).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَلَاة الرَّجُل ) : ذِكْر الرَّجُل خَرَجَ مَخْرَج الْغَالِب فَلَا مَفْهُوم لَهُ بَلْ الرَّجُل وَالْمَرْأَة فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاء ( وَصَلَاته قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْف مِنْ صَلَاته قَائِمًا ) قَالَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ : إِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي التَّطَوُّع دُون الْفَرْض لِأَنَّ الْفَرْض لَا يَجُوز لِلْمُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا وَالْمُصَلِّي يَقْدِر عَلَى الْقِيَام , وَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ جَوَاز لَمْ يَكُنْ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ الْأَجْر ثَبَات ( وَصَلَاته نَائِمًا عَلَى النِّصْف مِنْ صَلَاته قَاعِدًا ) : قَالَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ فِي مَعَالِم السُّنَن : لَا أَعْلَم أَنِّي سَمِعْت هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَة إِلَّا فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيث وَلَا أَحْفَظ عَنْ أَحَد مِنْ أَهْل الْ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 951
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 951
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (1115) The hadith No. 951
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 951

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Also reported by… (4)
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1349)صَلاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ قَائِمًا
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1350)صَلاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ قَائِمًا
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (1485)عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ قَائِمًا
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (4874)صَلاةُ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ قَائِمًا

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