al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 908
✧ Paying Attention to the Imam Praying While Sitting
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَكَبَ فَرَسًا فَصُرِعَ عَنْهُ فَجُحِشَ شِقُّهُ الْأَيْمَنُ فَصَلَّى صَلَاةً مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَاءَهُ قُعُودًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَصَلَّوْا قِيَامًا وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَإِذَا صَلَّى جَالِسًا فَصَلَّوْا جُلُوسًا أَجْمَعُونَ
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Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Mālik
- Ibn Shihāb
- Anas b. Mālik
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rode a horse and fell from it, bruising his right side. He prayed one of the prayers sitting, and we prayed behind him sitting. When he finished, he said: “The imam is only appointed to be followed. When he prays standing, pray standing; when he bows, bow; when he says ‘Allah hears the one who praises Him,’ say ‘Our Lord, and to You belongs praise’; and when he prays sitting, pray sitting, all of you.”
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