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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب جَوَازِ النَّافِلَةِ قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا وَفِعْلِ بَعْضِ الرَّكْعَةِ قَائِمًا وَبَعْضِهَا قَاعِدًا:Chapter: It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers standing or sitting, and to stand and sit in the same rak`ah
Hadith 735
وحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، قَالَ : حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا نِصْفُ الصَّلَاةِ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا ، فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا لَكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ؟ قُلْتُ : حُدِّثْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، " أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا عَلَى نِصْفِ الصَّلَاةِ ، وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا ، قَالَ : أَجَلْ ، وَلَكِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ " .
'Abdullah bin 'Amr reported: It was narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said: The prayer observed by a person sitting is half of the prayer. I came to him (ﷺ) and found him praying in a sitting position. I placed my hand on his head. He said: O 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, what is the matter with you? I said: Messenger of Allah, it has been narrated to me that you said: The prayer of a man in a sitting position is half of the prayer, whereas you are observing prayer sitting. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes, it is so, but I am not like anyone amongst you.
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وحَدَّثَنَاه أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ جَمِيعًا ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ . ح ، وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ، وَفِي رِوَايَةِ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الأَعْرَجِ .
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Yahya al-A'raj with the same chain of transmitters.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
950. Commentary:
➊ It was a special characteristic of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that when he performed voluntary (nafl) prayers while sitting, he would receive the full reward. The noble Companions radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in used to think that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was bound by the religious rulings in the same way as the rest of the ummah. «آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ» [البقره۔ 285]
However, wherever his special characteristics have been mentioned, there is an exception.
➋ If a person performs voluntary prayer (nafl salah) while sitting without a valid excuse, he receives half the reward.
➊ It was a special characteristic of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that when he performed voluntary (nafl) prayers while sitting, he would receive the full reward. The noble Companions radi Allahu anhum ajma‘in used to think that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was bound by the religious rulings in the same way as the rest of the ummah. «آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ» [البقره۔ 285]
However, wherever his special characteristics have been mentioned, there is an exception.
➋ If a person performs voluntary prayer (nafl salah) while sitting without a valid excuse, he receives half the reward.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 950
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
This applies in the case when one performs the prayer sitting without any valid excuse, such as some people who, after the obligatory prayers, perform two voluntary (nafl) prayers sitting without any excuse.
This applies in the case when one performs the prayer sitting without any valid excuse, such as some people who, after the obligatory prayers, perform two voluntary (nafl) prayers sitting without any excuse.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1229
