حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَی بْنِ عَطَائٍ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ حَضَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ الْمَوْتُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُکُمْ حَدِيثًا مَا أُحَدِّثُکُمُوهُ إِلَّا احْتِسَابًا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُکُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوئَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَی إِلَّا کَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَلَمْ يَضَعْ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَی إِلَّا حَطَّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَنْهُ سَيِّئَةً فَلْيُقَرِّبْ أَحَدُکُمْ أَوْ لِيُبَعِّدْ فَإِنْ أَتَی الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّی فِي جَمَاعَةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ فَإِنْ أَتَی الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ صَلَّوْا بَعْضًا وَبَقِيَ بَعْضٌ صَلَّی مَا أَدْرَکَ وَأَتَمَّ مَا بَقِيَ کَانَ کَذَلِکَ فَإِنْ أَتَی الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ صَلَّوْا فَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ کَانَ کَذَلِکَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 563
Narrated A person from the Ansar: Saeed ibn al-Musayyab said: An Ansari was breathing his last. He said: I narrate to you a tradition, and I narrate it with the intention of getting a reward from Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If any one of you performs ablution and performs it very well, and goes out for prayer, he does not take his right step but Allah records a good work (or blessing) for him, and he does not take his left step but Allah remits one sin from him. Any one of you may reside near the mosque or far from it; if he comes to the mosque and prays in congregation, he will be forgiven (by Allah). If he comes to the mosque while the people had prayed in part, and the prayer remained in part, and he prays in congregation the part he joined, and completed the part he had missed, he will enjoy similarly (i. e. he will be forgiven). If he comes to the mosque when the people had finished prayer, he will enjoy the same.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020