Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُخْتَارُ بْنُ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ رَأَيْتُمْ مَا رَأَيْتُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا قَالُوا مَا رَأَيْتَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ وَحَضَّهُمْ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَنَهَاهُمْ أَنْ يَسْبِقُوهُ إِذَا كَانَ إِمَامَهُمْ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ وَأَنْ يَنْصَرِفُوا قَبْلَ انْصِرَافِهِ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِي وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَسَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْمَرِيضِ فَقَالَ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ قَاعِدًا فِي الْمَكْتُوبَةِ.
English Translation
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is Muhammad's soul, if you saw what I have seen, you would laugh little and weep much." They asked: "What did you see, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "I saw Paradise and the Fire." He urged them to pray and forbade them from preceding him in bowing and prostrating when he was their imam, or from leaving before he finished the prayer. He said to them: "I can see you from in front of me and from behind me." I asked Anas about the prayer of the sick person, and he said: He bows and prostrates while sitting for the obligatory prayer.