English Translation

Abdullah told us, my father told me, Abd as-Samad told us, my father told us, Husayn told us, from Ibn Buraydah - and Affan told us, Abd al-Warith told us, Husayn al-Mu'allim told us, Abdullah ibn Buraydah told me, who said: Imran ibn Husayn told me, and he was a man afflicted with hemorrhoids, that he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about praying while 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."