سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب فِي صَلاَةِ الْقَاعِدِChapter: The Prayer Of The One Sitting Down.
Hadith 956
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ " أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ السُّورَةَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ ؟ قَالَتْ : الْمُفَصَّلَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا ؟ قَالَتْ : حِينَ حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُ " .
Abdullah 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 (at night) sitting? She replied: (he prayed sitting) when the people made him old.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
956. Commentary:
➊ That is, it is not appropriate to perform the prayer sitting without a valid excuse.
➋ The continuous engagement in da'wah (invitation to Islam), tazkiyah (spiritual purification), jihad (struggle in the path of Allah), and the most strenuous acts of worship had indeed exhausted the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
➌ It is also permissible to recite more than one surah in a single rak'ah.
➊ That is, it is not appropriate to perform the prayer sitting without a valid excuse.
➋ The continuous engagement in da'wah (invitation to Islam), tazkiyah (spiritual purification), jihad (struggle in the path of Allah), and the most strenuous acts of worship had indeed exhausted the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
➌ It is also permissible to recite more than one surah in a single rak'ah.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 956
