أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَی بْنُ عَطَائٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْعَامِرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ فَلَمَّا قَضَی صَلَاتَهُ إِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلَيْنِ فِي آخِرِ الْقَوْمِ لَمْ يُصَلِّيَا مَعَهُ قَالَ عَلَيَّ بِهِمَا فَأُتِيَ بِهِمَا تَرْعَدُ فَرَائِصُهُمَا فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَکُمَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَا مَعَنَا قَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا قَدْ صَلَّيْنَا فِي رِحَالِنَا قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلَا إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمَا فِي رِحَالِکُمَا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُمَا مَسْجِدَ جَمَاعَةٍ فَصَلِّيَا مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا لَکُمَا نَافِلَةٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 862
Jabir bin Yazid bin Al-Aswad AI-’Amiri told us that his father said: “I attended Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم in Masjid Al-Khaif. When he finished praying, he saw two men at the back of the people who had not prayed with him. He said: ‘Bring them here.’ So they were brought to him, trembling. He said: ‘What kept you from praying with us?’ They said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, we had already prayed in our lodgings.’ He said: ‘Do not do that. If you have already prayed in your lodgings, then you come to a Masjid in which there is a congregation, then pray with them, and it will be a voluntary prayer for you.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020