al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 909
✧ Paying Attention to the Imam Praying While Sitting
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ
لَمَّا ثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ بِلَالٌ يُؤْذِنُهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ» قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ أَسِيفٌ وَإِنَّهُ مَتَى يَقُمْ مَقَامَكَ لَا يُسْمِعُ النَّاسَ فَلَوْ أَمَرْتَ عُمَرَ قَالَ «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ» فَقُلْتُ لِحَفْصَةَ قَوْلِي لَهُ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّكُنَّ لَأَنْتُنَّ صَوَاحِبَاتُ يُوسُفَ مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ» قَالَتْ فَأَمَرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ خِفَّةً قَالَتْ فَقَامَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ وَرِجْلَاهُ تَخُطَّانِ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ سَمِعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حِسَّهُ فَذَهَبَ لِيَتَأَخَّرَ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ قُمْ كَمَا أَنْتَ قَالَتْ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قَامَ عَنْ يَسَارِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ جَالِسًا فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ جَالِسًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ قَائِمًا يَقْتَدِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ يَقْتَدُونَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ
- Abū Muʿāwiyah
- al-Aʿmash
- Ibrāhīm
- al-Aswad
- ʿĀʾishah
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became seriously ill, Bilāl came to call him to prayer. He said: “Tell Abū Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” She said: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, Abū Bakr is a tender-hearted man, and whenever he stands in your place he cannot make the people hear. If only you would order ʿUmar.” He said: “Tell Abū Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” I said to Ḥafṣah, “Tell him.” She told him, and he said: “You are indeed like the women around Yūsuf. Tell Abū Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” She said: So they told Abū Bakr. When he entered the prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ felt some improvement. She said: He got up, supported between two men, his feet dragging on the ground. When he entered the mosque, Abū Bakr heard his movement and started to step back, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gestured to him: “Stay as you are.” She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and sat to Abū Bakr’s left. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed with the people sitting, while Abū Bakr was standing, following the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the people were following Abū Bakr.
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