Hadith 1648

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ ، قال : أَنْبَأَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، قال : حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا ، فَإِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا , وَإِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا " .
´It was narrated hat Aishah said:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray standing and sitting. If he started to pray standing, he would bow standing and if he started to pray sitting, he would bow sitting."
Hadith Reference سنن نسائي / كتاب قيام الليل وتطوع النهار / 1648
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح مسلم
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح مسلم/المسافرین 16 (730)، (تحفة الأشراف: 16222) ، مسند احمد 6/112، 113، 166، 204، 227، 228، 262 (صحیح)»
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
955. Commentary:
The best practice is that when the recitation (qira’ah) is performed standing, then the bowing (ruku‘) should also be performed standing; and if the recitation is performed sitting, then the bowing should also be performed sitting... This, and the aforementioned scenario—i.e., if a portion of the rak‘ah is performed standing and a portion sitting—is also permissible.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 955