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وَيُصَلِّي النَّافِلَةَ قَاعِدًا مَعَ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ.
Translation: One may perform voluntary prayer while seated even if one is capable of standing.

This is a concession for voluntary prayer and differs from the standing requirement in a fard prayer when standing is possible.

A hadith states: صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ
Translation: The prayer of one seated has half the reward of one standing.

This general comparison concerns optional sitting without excuse; a genuine disability has a separate ruling.

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Voluntary prayer while seated despite ability to stand

Voluntary Prayers: Regular Sunnahs, Nawafil and Juristic Differences

وَيُصَلِّي النَّافِلَةَ قَاعِدًا مَعَ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ.
Translation: One may perform voluntary prayer while seated even if one is capable of standing.

This is a concession for voluntary prayer and differs from the standing requirement in a fard prayer when standing is possible.

A hadith states: صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ
Translation: The prayer of one seated has half the reward of one standing.

This general comparison concerns optional sitting without excuse; a genuine disability has a separate ruling.