Hadith 6962

Chapter 16

باب 16

(16) باب جَوَازِ النَّافِلَةِ قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا وَفِعْلِ بَعْضِ الرَّكْعَةِ قَائِمًا وَبَعْضِهَا قَاعِدًا

(16) Chapter: It is permissible to offer voluntary prayers standing or sitting, and to stand and sit in the same rak`ah (IT)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ بَعْدَ مَا حَطَمَهُ النَّاسُ .

'Abdullah b. Shaqiq reported:
I asked 'A'isha whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed (Nafl) sitting. She said: Yes, when the people had made him old. (IT)

Reference (IT): Sahih Muslim 732 a (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 6, Hadith 138 (IT)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1593 (IT)