Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ الرَّزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ السَّمَّاكِ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَادَ مَرِيضًا فَرَآهُ يُصَلِّي عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ فَأَخَذَهَا فَرَمَى بِهَا فَأَخَذَ عُودًا لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَرَمَى بِهِ وَقَالَ صَلِّ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ وَإِلَّا فَأَوْمِ إِيمَاءً وَاجْعَلْ سُجُودَكَ أَخْفَضَ مِنْ رُكُوعِكَ وَكَذَلِكَ
English Translation
Abu al-Husayn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Bishran informed us in Baghdad, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Amr ibn al-Bakhtari al-Razzaz informed us, Yahya ibn Ja'far narrated to us. And Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Hashimi informed us in Baghdad, Abu Amr ibn al-Sammak informed us, Abu Bakr Yahya ibn Abi Talib narrated to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us, Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us from Abu al-Zubayr from Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) visited a sick man and saw him praying on a cushion. He took it and threw it away. The man then took a stick to pray on it, and he took it and threw it away and said: 'Pray on the ground if you are able. Otherwise, gesture with your head, and make your prostration lower than your bowing.' And likewise...