Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ قَاعِدًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَائِمًا وَصَلَاتُهُ نَائِمًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Said narrated to us, from Husayn al-Muallim, Abdullah ibn Buraydah narrated to us, from Imran ibn Husayn, who asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about a man praying while sitting. He said: 'Whoever prays standing, that is better. The prayer of a man sitting is half the reward of his prayer standing, and his prayer lying down is half the reward of his prayer sitting.'