حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبَّادُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَاهُ الْمُغِيرَةَ يَقُولُ عَدَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوکَ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ فَعَدَلْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَنَاخَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَبَرَّزَ ثُمَّ جَائَ فَسَکَبْتُ عَلَی يَدِهِ مِنْ الْإِدَاوَةِ فَغَسَلَ کَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ حَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فَضَاقَ کُمَّا جُبَّتِهِ فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَيْهِ فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِنْ تَحْتِ الْجُبَّةِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا إِلَی الْمِرْفَقِ وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ عَلَی خُفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ رَکِبَ فَأَقْبَلْنَا نَسِيرُ حَتَّی نَجِدَ النَّاسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَدْ قَدَّمُوا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ فَصَلَّی بِهِمْ حِينَ کَانَ وَقْتُ الصَّلَاةِ وَوَجَدْنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَکَعَ بِهِمْ رَکْعَةً مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَفَّ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَصَلَّی وَرَائَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ الرَّکْعَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَفَزِعَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَأَکْثَرُوا التَّسْبِيحَ لِأَنَّهُمْ سَبَقُوا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُمْ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ أَوْ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 149
Al-Mughirah bin Shubah reported: I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the expedition of Tabuk. He abandoned the main road before the dawn prayer, and I also did the same along with him. The Prophet ﷺ made his camel kneel down and (went to ) relieve himself. He then came back and I poured water upon his hands from the skin-vessel. He then washed his hands and face. He tried to get his forearms out (of the gown), but the sleeves of the gown were too narrow, so he entered back both his hands, and brought them out from beneath the gown. He washed his forearms up to the elbows and wiped his head and wiped over his socks. 80 He then mounted (his camel) and we began to proceed until we found people offering the prayer. They brought forward Abdur-Rahman bin Awf who was leading them in prayer. The Prophet ﷺ stood in the row side by side with other Muslims. He performed the second rak’ah of the prayer behind Abdur-Rahman bin Awf. Then Abdur-Rahman uttered salutation. The Prophet ﷺ stood to perform the remaining rak’ah of the prayer. The Muslims were alarmed. They began to utter tasbih (Subhan Allah) presuming that they had offered prayer before the Prophet ﷺ had done. When he uttered the salutation (i. e. finished his prayer), he said: You were right, or (he said) you did well.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020