Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The prayer of one who sits down is equivalent to half of the prayer of one who stands.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

It was narrated from ‘Imran bin Husain that he asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about a man who prays sitting down. He said, “Whoever performs prayer standing up, that is better. Whoever performs prayer sitting down will have half...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fell ill with the sickness that would be his last” – (One of the narrators) Abu Mu’awiyah said: “When he was overcome by sickness” – “Bilal came to tell him that it was time...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) performing prayer while sitting on his right side when he was sick.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

‘By the One Who took his soul (i.e., the soul of the Prophet (ﷺ)), he did not die until he offered most of his prayers sitting down. And the dearest of the actions to him was the righteous action that...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite Qur’an sitting down, then when he wanted to bow he would stand up for as long as it takes a person to recite forty Verses.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

“I did not see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offer any of the night prayers in any way other than standing, until he became old. Then he started to pray sitting down until, when there were thirty or forty Verses...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“I asked ‘Aishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at night. She said: ‘He used to pray for a long time at night standing up, and for a long time at night sitting down. If he prayed...

Sunan Ibn Majah

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘For every mistake there are two prostrations, after saying the Salam.’”