Volume 2, Book 20, Number 214:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle prayed in his house while sitting during his illness and the people prayed behind
him standing and he pointed to them to sit down. When he had finished the prayer, he said, “The
Imam is to be followed and so when he bows you should bow; and when he lifts his head you should
also do the same.”