سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب الإِمَامِ يُصَلِّي مِنْ قُعُودٍChapter: About The Imam Praying While Sitting Down.
Hadith 606
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الْمَعْنَى ، أَنَّ اللَّيْثَ حَدَّثَهُمْ ،عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِر ، قَالَ : اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُكَبِّرُ لِيُسْمِعَ النَّاسَ تَكْبِيرَهُ ، ثُمَّ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ .
Jabir said: when the prophet ﷺ became seriously ill, we prayed behind him while he was sitting and Abu Bakr was calling “Allah is most great “ to cause the people to hear the TAKBIR. Then he (the narrators) narrated the rest of the tradition.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
606. Commentary:
➊ If the imam is ill, he may lead the prayer while sitting, but the followers (muqtadis) must perform the prayer standing.
➋ To convey the imam’s takbir (declaration of “Allahu Akbar”) to the people, a prompter (mukabbir) may assist him. And nowadays, the device of the loudspeaker (mukabbir al-sawt) fulfills these needs.
➊ If the imam is ill, he may lead the prayer while sitting, but the followers (muqtadis) must perform the prayer standing.
➋ To convey the imam’s takbir (declaration of “Allahu Akbar”) to the people, a prompter (mukabbir) may assist him. And nowadays, the device of the loudspeaker (mukabbir al-sawt) fulfills these needs.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 606
