مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب صلاة التطوع والإمامةBook of Voluntary Prayers and Imamate
في الإمام يصلي جالساIf the Imam Leads the Prayer Sitting, What Should the Followers Do?
Hadith 7325
٧٣٢٥ - حدثنا وكيع قال: حدثنا الأعمش عن أبي سفيان عن جابر قال: صرع النبي ﷺ من فرس له (فوقع) (١) على جذع نخلة فانفكت قدمه فدخلنا عليه نعوده وهو يصلي في مشربة لعائشة فصلينا بصلاته (ونحن قيام ثم دخلنا عليه مرة أخرى وهو يصلي جالسا فصلينا بصلاته) (٢) ونحن قيام فأوما إلينا أن اجلسوا فلما صلى قال: "إنما جعل الإمام ليؤتم به فإذا صلى قائما فصلوا قياما وإذا صلى جالسا فصلوا جلوسا ولا تقوموا وهو جالس كما يفعل أهل فارس (بعظمائها) (٣) " (٤).
Hazrat Jabir narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once fell from a horse and struck a date palm trunk, which caused an injury to his foot. We went to visit him, and he was praying while sitting in a room of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). We began to pray standing behind him. Then, when we visited him a second time, he was praying while sitting. We started following him in prayer while standing, so he gestured for us to sit. When he completed the prayer, he said that the Imam is appointed so that he may be followed. When he prays standing, you should also pray standing, and when he prays sitting, you should also pray sitting. When he is sitting, do not stand as the people of Persia do with those whom they honor.
