The wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), says: I never saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performing prayer at night while sitting, until he became old. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite while sitting, and when he intended to bow (ruku‘), he would stand up and, after reciting thirty or forty verses, would perform ruku‘.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب صلاة السفر وآدابه وأذكاره وما يتعلق به / 2436
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البخاري: 1118، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 25448 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 25962»
(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would pray while sitting, and he would continue reciting while sitting. When thirty or forty verses remained, he would stand up, then after completing the recitation, he would perform bowing and prostration. Then in the second rak'ah, he would do the same.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب صلاة السفر وآدابه وأذكاره وما يتعلق به / 2437
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البخاري: 1119، ومسلم: 731 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 25449 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 25963»
Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed prayer standing, he would also perform the bowing (ruku') standing, and when he performed prayer sitting, he would also perform the bowing sitting.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب صلاة السفر وآدابه وأذكاره وما يتعلق به / 2438
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 730 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 24019، 24822 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 25320»
The wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), says: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing voluntary prayers while sitting, but one or two years before his passing, he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to pray while sitting. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite a surah and would recite it so slowly and deliberately that it would become longer and longer.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / أبواب صلاة السفر وآدابه وأذكاره وما يتعلق به / 2439
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 733 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 26441 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 26973»