Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَاعِدِ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى قَائِمًا فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَائِمِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى نَائِمًا فَلَهُ نِصْفُ أَجْرِ الْقَاعِدِ.
English Translation
Abdullah told us, my father told me, Ishaq ibn Yusuf told us, Husayn informed us, from Abdullah ibn Buraydah, from Imran ibn Husayn, that he asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about the prayer of one sitting, and he said: "Whoever prays standing, that is more excellent; whoever prays sitting has half the reward of the one standing; and whoever prays lying down has half the reward of the one sitting."