حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّائِ قَالَ أَخَّرَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ الصَّلَاةَ فَجَائَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ کُرْسِيًّا فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ فَذَکَرْتُ لَهُ صَنِيعَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ فَعَضَّ عَلَی شَفَتِهِ وَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي وَقَالَ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ کَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي کَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَکَ وَقَالَ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي کَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَکَ وَقَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَکَتْکَ الصَّلَاةُ مَعَهُمْ فَصَلِّ وَلَا تَقُلْ إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ فَلَا أُصَلِّي
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 1469
Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) struck my thigh and said: How would you act if you survive among the people who would delay prayers beyond their (prescribed) time? He (Abu Dharr) said: What do you command (under this situation)? He (the Holy Prophet) slid: Observe prayer at its prescribed time, then go (to meet) your needs, and if the Iqama is pronounced, and you are present in the mosque, then observe prayer (along with the Jama'at).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020