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Ibn Majah 1240 · Book 5

Sunan Ibn Majah, 1240

Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sahih (authentic)by Al-Albani

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُكَبِّرُ يُسْمِعُ النَّاسَ تَكْبِيرَهُ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْنَا فَرَآنَا قِيَامًا فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَعَدْنَا فَصَلَّيْنَا بِصَلاَتِهِ قُعُودًا فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنْ كِدْتُمْ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فِعْلَ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ يَقُومُونَ عَلَى مُلُوكِهِمْ وَهُمْ قُعُودٌ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا ائْتَمُّوا بِأَئِمَّتِكُمْ إِنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلُّوا قِيَامًا وَإِنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَصَلُّوا قُعُودًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Jabir said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fell ill, and we prayed behind him while he was sitting down, and Abu Bakr was saying the Takbir so that the people could hear them. He turned to us and saw us standing, so he gestured to us to sit down. When he had said the Salam, he said: ‘You were about to do the action of the Persians and Romans, who remain standing while their kings are seated. Do not do that. Follow the lead of your Imam; if he prays standing, then pray standing, and if he prays sitting down, then pray sitting down.’”
EN
Rapporté par Jabir : Le Messager d’Allah (ﷺ) est tombé malade, et nous avons prié derrière lui alors qu’il était assis, et Abu Bakr disait le Takbir pour que les gens l’entendent. Il s’est tourné vers nous et nous a vus debout, alors il nous a fait signe de nous asseoir. Quand il a terminé la prière, il a dit : “Vous étiez sur le point de faire comme les Perses et les Romains, qui restent debout alors que leurs rois sont assis. Ne faites pas cela. Suivez votre imam : s’il prie debout, priez debout, et s’il prie assis, priez assis.”
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

Grades given by scholars

Al-Albani
Sahih
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi
Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut
Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai
Sahih Muslim

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).