Hadith #294

Arabic Text

English Translation

ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, my father narrated to me, ʿAbd al-Ṣamad narrated to us, my father narrated to us, Ḥusayn narrated to us, from Ibn Buraydah. And ʿAffān narrated to us, ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated to us, Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim narrated to us, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buraydah narrated to me. He said: ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn narrated to me — and he was a man afflicted with hemorrhoids — he said: ‘I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about prayer while a man is sitting. He said: "Whoever prays standing, that is best. Whoever prays sitting, he has half the reward of the one standing. And whoever prays lying down, he has half the reward of the one sitting."’