Hadith 62

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 20: The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day Sahih

Chapter 20

The superiority of prayer standing up over prayer sitting down

باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْقَائِمِ عَلَى صَلاَةِ الْقَاعِدِ

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1659
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا فَقُلْتُ حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ صَلاَةَ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْقَائِمِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said:

"I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying sitting down and I said: 'I was told that you said that the prayer of one who is sitting down is worth half of the prayer of the one who is standing up.' He said: 'Yes indeed, but I am not like any one of you.'"

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas

عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص

379 narrations

follower
2

Hilal bin Yasaf

هلال بن يساف

48 narrations

follower
3

Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi

منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي

594 narrations

successor
4

Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri

سفيان الثوري

1,585 narrations

successor
5

Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan

يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

1,359 narrations

3rd Generation
6

'Ubaidullah bin Sa'id

عبيد الله بن سعيد أبو قدامة السرخسي

130 narrations