صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب فرض متابعة الإمام - ذكر خبر ثان يدل على صحة ما ذكرناه قبل
Chapter on the Obligation to Follow the Imam - Second report confirming what we mentioned previously
Hadith 2123
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ أَبُو عَوْفٍ الرُّؤَاسِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلاةَ الظُّهْرِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ خَلْفَهُ ، فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَبَّرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُسْمِعُنَا ، قَالَ : فَنَظَرَنَا قِيَامًا ، فَقَالَ : " اجْلِسُوا " ، أَوْمَأَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِمْ ، قَالَ : فَجَلَسْنَا ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلاةَ قَالَ : " كِدْتُمْ تَفْعَلُوا فِعْلَ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومَ بِعُظَمَائِهِمِ ، ائْتَمُّوا بِأَئِمَّتِكُمْ ، فَإِنْ صَلُّوا جُلُوسًا فَصَلُّوا جُلُوسًا ، وَإِنْ صَلُّوا قِيَامًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا " .
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Zuhr prayer. He led the prayer while sitting, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was behind him. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said the takbir in a loud voice so that it would reach us. The narrator says: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw us standing, he said, "You people sit down." He gestured towards the people (that you should sit down). The narrator says: We sat down. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer, he said: "You were about to adopt a practice which the Persians and Romans do with their kings. You should follow your imams; if they pray sitting, then you should also pray sitting, and if they pray standing, then you should also pray standing."
