سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب الإِمَامِ يُصَلِّي مِنْ قُعُودٍChapter: About The Imam Praying While Sitting Down.
Hadith 602
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، وَوَكِيعٌ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : رَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَسًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَصَرَعَهُ عَلَى جِذْمِ نَخْلَةٍ فَانْفَكَّتْ قَدَمُهُ ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ نَعُودُهُ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لِعَائِشَةَ يُسَبِّحُ جَالِسًا ، قَالَ : فَقُمْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَسَكَتَ عَنَّا ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى نَعُودُهُ ، فَصَلَّى الْمَكْتُوبَةَ جَالِسًا ، فَقُمْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَعَدْنَا ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا صَلَّى الْإِمَامُ جَالِسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا ، وَإِذَا صَلَّى الْإِمَامُ قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا ، وَلَا تَفْعَلُوا كَمَا يَفْعَلُ أَهْلُ فَارِسَ بِعُظَمَائِهَا " .
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rode a horse in Madina. It threw him off at the root of a date-palm. His foot was injured. We visited him to inquire about his illness. We found him praying sitting in the apartment of Aishah. We, therefore, stood, (praying) behind him. He kept silent. We again visited him to inquire about his illness. He offered the obligatory prayer sitting. We, therefore, stood (praying) behind him; he made a sign to us and we sat down. When he finished the prayer, he said: When the imam prays sitting, pray sitting; and when the imam prays standing, pray standing, and do not act as the people of Persia used to act with their chiefs (i. e. the people stood and they were sitting).
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1201. Commentary:
➊ It is permissible for the imam, when necessary, to look at the followers (muqtadis) with the corner of his eye. (For details, see Hadith: 1196)
➋ Should the followers (muqtadis) pray sitting or standing behind an imam who is leading the prayer while sitting? For its details, see Hadith: 833.
➌ This incident is not from the time of the Prophet’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) final illness, because it is explicitly mentioned regarding this incident that Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) and all the followers were standing. (The separate issue of whether the imam was the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) or Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) — for this, see the introduction to the Book of Imamah.) This incident is from an earlier illness.
➊ It is permissible for the imam, when necessary, to look at the followers (muqtadis) with the corner of his eye. (For details, see Hadith: 1196)
➋ Should the followers (muqtadis) pray sitting or standing behind an imam who is leading the prayer while sitting? For its details, see Hadith: 833.
➌ This incident is not from the time of the Prophet’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) final illness, because it is explicitly mentioned regarding this incident that Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) and all the followers were standing. (The separate issue of whether the imam was the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) or Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) — for this, see the introduction to the Book of Imamah.) This incident is from an earlier illness.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1201
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
The people of Persia and Rome were non-Muslims.
The Iranians were fire-worshippers.
And the Romans were Christians,
who adhered to a distorted form of Christianity.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam forbade imitation of non-Muslims.
➋
If a respected elder, leader, scholar, or spiritual guide is seated, then standing before him out of respect and refraining from sitting is not the way of Muslims; therefore, one should avoid this.
➌
Performing prayer standing behind a seated imam is, in some respects, different from standing out of respect for non-Muslims.
Courtiers stand facing the king,
and he too sits facing them with attention.
Whereas the imam and all the followers (muqtadis) are all facing the Ka‘bah for the worship of Allah.
The followers do not stand in front of the imam, but rather behind him.
Moreover, courtiers remain standing continuously,
whereas the followers do not remain standing during bowing (ruku‘), prostration (sujud), sitting (jalsah), and the testimony (tashahhud).
It is probably for this reason that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, during the last days of his blessed life, did not forbid the followers from standing in prayer when he led them while seated.
And Allah knows best.
➊
The people of Persia and Rome were non-Muslims.
The Iranians were fire-worshippers.
And the Romans were Christians,
who adhered to a distorted form of Christianity.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam forbade imitation of non-Muslims.
➋
If a respected elder, leader, scholar, or spiritual guide is seated, then standing before him out of respect and refraining from sitting is not the way of Muslims; therefore, one should avoid this.
➌
Performing prayer standing behind a seated imam is, in some respects, different from standing out of respect for non-Muslims.
Courtiers stand facing the king,
and he too sits facing them with attention.
Whereas the imam and all the followers (muqtadis) are all facing the Ka‘bah for the worship of Allah.
The followers do not stand in front of the imam, but rather behind him.
Moreover, courtiers remain standing continuously,
whereas the followers do not remain standing during bowing (ruku‘), prostration (sujud), sitting (jalsah), and the testimony (tashahhud).
It is probably for this reason that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, during the last days of his blessed life, did not forbid the followers from standing in prayer when he led them while seated.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1240
