حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَمِّي عَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ قَالَ فَأَقَامَ الظُّهْرَ لِيُصَلِّيَ فَقُمْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَيَدِ عَمِّي ثُمَّ جَعَلَ أَحَدَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ بَيْنَنَا فَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ صَفًّا وَاحِدًا قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً قَالَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ طَبَّقَ وَأَلْصَقَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِفَخِذَيْهِ وَأَدْخَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ أَئِمَّةٌ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِهَا فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرُوهُمْ بِهَا وَاجْعَلُوا الصَّلَاةَ مَعَهُمْ سُبْحَةً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4386
'Abd ar-Rahmaan ibn al-Aswad ibn Yazeed an-Nakha'i narrated that his father said: My paternal uncle 'Alqamah and I entered upon 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ood in the middle of the day, and he recited the iqaamah for zuhr in order to pray. We stood behind him and he took hold of my hand and my uncle's hand, and he made one of us stand to his right and the other to his left, then he stood in front of us and we formed one row behind him. Then he said This is what the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to do if they were three. Then he led us in prayer, and when he bowed he put his hands together and rested his forearms on his thighs, placing his hands between his knees. When he had said the salaam, he turned to us and said: There will be rulers who delay the prayer from its proper time. If they do that, do not wait for them to do it, and make your prayer with them naafil.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020