293 hadith
The Prophet ﷺ arrived in Madinah while it was stricken with fever, and the people fell ill with the fever. The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque and found the people sitting while praying. The Prophet ﷺ said, "The prayer of the one who sits is…
أحمد 12395SahihI asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man praying while seated. He said, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays seated receives half the reward of one who prays standing, and whoever prays lying down receives half the…
الأعظمي 3003SahihHe was a man afflicted with hemorrhoids. He said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about praying while a man is seated." He replied, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays sitting receives half the reward of the one who prays…
أحمد 19983SahihWhen we arrived in Madinah, we were struck by a severe outbreak of its fever. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to the people while they were performing their voluntary prayers sitting down, and he said, "The prayer of one who sits is half…
مالك 316DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ sprained his foot, so we went to visit him. He came out to us, or we found him sitting in his room in front of an upper chamber. He prayed sitting down, and we stood behind him and prayed. When he finished the…
أحمد 15251SahihHe asked the Prophet of Allah ﷺ. Ishaq informed us, saying Abdul-Samad reported to us, saying, "I heard my father say, Husayn narrated to us from Abu Burayda, who said, Imran bin Husayn, who suffered from hemorrhoids, narrated to me,…
البخاري 1115SahihI suffered from a fistula, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about it, and he said, "Pray standing. If you cannot, then sitting. If you cannot, then on your side."
أبو داود 952SahihShe reported it as a marfu hadith, saying that he ﷺ said, "The prayer of one who prays sitting is half the reward of one who prays standing, provided he does not sit cross-legged."
أحمد 25851HasanI had hemorrhoids, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about prayer. He said, "Pray standing. If you cannot, then sitting. If you cannot, then on your side."
البخاري 1117SahihI asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man praying while seated. He said, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays seated receives half the reward of the one who prays standing, and whoever prays lying down receives half the…
الأعظمي 2758SahihHe was a man suffering from hemorrhoids. Abu Muamar once reported from Imran bin Husayn, who said, "I asked the Prophet ﷺ about a man praying while seated." He replied, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays seated receives…
البخاري 1116SahihI had a fistula, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about prayer. He said, "Pray standing. If you cannot, then sitting. If you cannot, then on your side."
ابن ماجه 1223SahihHe asked the Prophet ﷺ about a man praying while seated. He replied, "His prayer standing is better than his prayer seated, his prayer seated is half the reward of his prayer standing, and his prayer lying down is half the reward of his…
أبو داود 951SahihI had a fistula, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about prayer. He said, "Pray standing. If you cannot, then sitting. If you cannot, then on your side."
أحمد 19819SahihShe reported it as a marfu hadith, saying that he ﷺ said, "The prayer of one who prays sitting is half the reward of one who prays standing, provided he does not sit cross-legged."
أحمد 24426HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was riding a horse in Medina when it threw him onto the trunk of a palm tree, dislocating his foot. We came to visit him and found him in Ayesha's upper chamber, performing voluntary prayer while seated. We stood…
أبو داود 602SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the leader prays sitting, then pray sitting." The people were amazed at Muawiya's truthfulness.
الأعظمي 2285SahihSaaib asked Ayesha, "I am unable to pray except while sitting. What do you think of that?" She replied, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A man's prayer while sitting is equivalent to half of his prayer while standing.'"
أحمد 25903DifficultHe asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man praying while seated. He replied, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. A man's prayer while seated earns half the reward of his prayer while standing, and his prayer while lying down earns…
أحمد 19899SahihHe asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the prayer of one who is seated. He replied, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays sitting receives half the reward of the one who prays standing, and whoever prays lying down receives…
أحمد 19974SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated. He turned toward us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us, and we sat down.
الأعظمي 2650SahihThe Prophet ﷺ would sit during the two rakahs as though he were on hot stones. He sometimes said, "the first two rakahs." Ati said, I asked Ubayy, "Until he stands?" Ubayy replied, "Until he stands."
أحمد 4389DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray for long stretches of the night standing and for long stretches sitting. I asked, "How did he do that?" She replied, "When he recited standing, he would bow from a standing position, and when he recited…
أحمد 24822SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was sitting, and Abu Bakr was relaying his takbeer to the people. He turned toward us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us and we sat down, and we prayed his prayer…
الأعظمي 1231SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was sitting, and Abu Bakr was relaying his takbeer to the people. He turned toward us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us and we sat down, and we prayed his prayer…
الأعظمي 13937SahihI was present in a gathering where this hadith was mentioned. It stated that when he sat after the first two rakahs, he sat on the sole of his left foot and kept his right foot upright. When he reached the fourth rakah, he placed his left…
أبو داود 965SahihI asked the Prophet ﷺ about one who prays sitting down. He said, "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays sitting receives half the reward of one who prays standing, and whoever prays lying down receives half the reward of one…
النسائي 1661SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated, and Abu Bakr was relaying his takbir to the people. He turned toward us and saw that we were standing, so he gestured for us to sit down, and we completed the…
الأعظمي 2608SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated, and Abu Bakr was relaying his takbir to the people. He turned toward us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us, and we sat down and prayed his prayer seated.…
مسلم 928SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated, and Abu Bakr was relaying his takbir to the people. He turned toward us and saw us standing, so he gestured for us to sit, and we performed the prayer with him…
الأعظمي 2283SahihI visited Ayesha, and she told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer of one who prays sitting is worth half the prayer of one who prays standing."
أحمد 24325DaifThe bowing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his standing after bowing, and his sitting between the two prostrations were so balanced that we could not tell which of them was longer.
أحمد 18634SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated, and Abu Bakr [[r1]] was calling out the takbir to make the people hear it. The Prophet ﷺ turned toward us and saw that we were standing, so he gestured to us,…
أحمد 14590SahihI prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he prolonged the standing until I was tempted to do something wrong. We asked, "What was that?" He said, "I was tempted to sit down."
أحمد 3766SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Then rise until you are sitting upright in stillness."
البخاري 6252SahihI sat with him, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, more than a hundred times. So said al-Warkani. He would only deliver the sermon while standing. He would give his first sermon, then sit down briefly, then stand up again and deliver his second sermon.
أحمد 20881HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about praying on a ship. Safina said, "How shall I pray on a ship?" He replied, "Pray standing, unless you fear drowning."
الأعظمي 3008HasanI asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the prayer of a sick person, and he said, "Pray standing. If you cannot, then sitting. If you cannot, then on your side." Hannad narrated this to us, saying Waki narrated to us from Ibrahim bin Tahman,…
الترمذي 372SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to deliver the sermon standing, then sit down, then stand again, just as you do now.
الأعظمي 3282SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ would sit during the two rak'ahs as though he were on hot stones. I asked, "Until he stood up?" He replied, "That is what is meant."
النسائي 1177DaifThe Prophet ﷺ would sit during the first two rakahs as if he were on hot stones. I asked, "Until he stood up?" He replied, "Until he stood up."
أحمد 3656DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to some people who were praying while seated due to illness, and he said, "The prayer of one who sits is worth half the prayer of one who stands."
الأعظمي 3002HasanSaad bin Hisham said, "I divorced my wife and came to Madinah to sell a property I owned there, so that I could buy weapons with the proceeds and go out to fight. I met a group of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and they said, 'Six men…
أبو داود 1343SahihHe said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated, and Abu Bakr was relaying the takbir so the people could hear it. He turned to us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us and we sat down, and we…
النسائي 1201SahihHe saw the Prophet ﷺ praying, and whenever he was in an odd-numbered rakah of his prayer, he would not rise until he had settled into a sitting position.
الأعظمي 2101SahihI was ill while in Persia, so I would pray sitting down. I asked Ayesha about this, and she said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray for a long part of the night standing, and a long part of the night sitting. When he recited standing,…
أحمد 24688SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, so we prayed behind him while he was seated, and Abu Bakr was calling out the takbir to make the people hear it. The Prophet ﷺ turned toward us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us, and we sat down…
ابن ماجه 1240SahihI asked Jabir bin Samura how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the sermon. He replied, "He used to deliver the sermon standing, except that he would sit briefly, then stand up again."
أحمد 20818DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the Friday sermon standing, then he would sit, then stand again, just as you do today.
الأعظمي 3286SahihThe Prophet ﷺ would sit during the first two rakahs as though he were on hot stones. Saad said, I asked Ubayy, "Until he stood up?" He replied, "Until he stood up."
أحمد 4388DaifSomething similar to the statement of Mujahid, that when they are in close engagement they pray standing. Ibn Umar added, narrating from the Prophet ﷺ, "And if they are more numerous than that, then let them pray standing and while…
البخاري 943SahihHe prayed Zuhr, then sat attending to people's needs in the open courtyard of Kufa until the time for Asr prayer arrived. Then water was brought to him, and he drank from it and washed his face and hands. He also mentioned his head and…
الأعظمي 9559SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray for long stretches of the night standing and for long stretches sitting. When he prayed standing, he would bow from a standing position, and when he prayed sitting, he would bow from a sitting position.
أبو داود 955SahihThe Prophet ﷺ mentioned the hadith of the man who prayed badly, and said in it, "When you sit in the middle of the prayer, be still, spread out your left thigh, then recite the tashahhud. Then when you stand up, do likewise until you finish…
الأعظمي 2148HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ sprained his foot, so he secluded himself in an upper room of his, the steps of which were made from palm trunks, and he swore an oath to stay away from his wives for a month. His companions came to visit him, and…
أحمد 13071SahihHe saw the Prophet ﷺ praying, and whenever he was in an odd-numbered rakah of his prayer, he would not rise until he had settled into a sitting position.
الترمذي 287SahihI was informed that the Prophet ﷺ did not pass away until much of his prayer was performed while sitting.
الأعظمي 2753SahihRifa bin Rafi reported from his uncle, from the Prophet ﷺ, the same story, in which he said, "When you stand for your prayer, say the takbir glorifying Allah the Exalted, then recite whatever is easy for you from the Quran." He also said in…
أبو داود 860HasanThe Prophet ﷺ would pray for a long part of the night standing and a long part of the night sitting. I asked, "How did he do that?" She replied, "When he recited standing, he bowed from standing, and when he recited sitting, he bowed from…
أحمد 25329SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to deliver the sermon standing, then he would sit down, then stand again, just as you do now.
البخاري 920Sahih