قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَ تُصَلِّي النَّوَافِلَ وَ أَنْتَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ مَا أُصَلِّيهَا إِلَّا وَ أَنَا قَاعِدٌ مُنْذُ حَمَلْتُ هَذَا اللَّحْمَ وَ بَلَغْتُ هَذَا السِّنَّ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hannan Bin Sadeyr, from his father who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Are you<sup>asws</sup> praying the optional <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> while you<sup>asws</sup> are seated?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> have not prayed it except while seated until after I<sup>asws</sup> have gained this much weight and reaching this age’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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