What is the detail regarding the manner of voluntary prayer, and what is the best manner that reconciles these narrations?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. In the previous hadith ... his statement ... "Pray standing, bow standing, and if ... sitting, bow sitting ... before he bows ...?"
The Shaykh : Is this regarding the obligatory prayer, or is it regarding the voluntary prayer?
The questioner : The voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : The ruling regarding the voluntary prayer is broad.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, if ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but if he starts it standing, sometimes he is unable to continue, and the Messenger, as you know, prolongs the standing. Instead of standing, then sitting, then standing again, he starts it sitting.
The questioner : ... ..
The Shaykh : Since the Messenger is our model and our example, and he does this, we do as he did, and that is the good, yes? It seems you are weak ...?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : As long as there is no problem, praise be to Allah, yes.
The Shaykh : Is this regarding the obligatory prayer, or is it regarding the voluntary prayer?
The questioner : The voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : The ruling regarding the voluntary prayer is broad.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, if ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but if he starts it standing, sometimes he is unable to continue, and the Messenger, as you know, prolongs the standing. Instead of standing, then sitting, then standing again, he starts it sitting.
The questioner : ... ..
The Shaykh : Since the Messenger is our model and our example, and he does this, we do as he did, and that is the good, yes? It seems you are weak ...?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : As long as there is no problem, praise be to Allah, yes.