حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ إِنَّ خَلِيلِي أَوْصَانِي أَنْ أَسْمَعَ وَأُطِيعَ وَإِنْ کَانَ عَبْدًا مُجَدَّعَ الْأَطْرَافِ وَأَنْ أُصَلِّيَ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَکْتَ الْقَوْمَ وَقَدْ صَلَّوْا کُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَکَ وَإِلَّا کَانَتْ لَکَ نَافِلَةً
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 1467
Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to me: O Abu Dharr, you would soon find after me rulers who would make their prayers dead. You should say prayer at its prescribed time. If you say prayer at its prescribed time that would be a supererogatory prayer for you, otherwise you saved your prayer.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020