حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ ضَخْمٌ وَکَانَ ضَخْمًا لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مَعَکَ وَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا وَدَعَاهُ إِلَی بَيْتِهِ فَصَلِّ حَتَّی أَرَاکَ کَيْفَ تُصَلِّي فَأَقْتَدِيَ بِکَ فَنَضَحُوا لَهُ طَرَفَ حَصِيرٍ کَانَ لَهُمْ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ قَالَ فُلَانُ بْنُ الْجَارُودِ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ أَکَانَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَی قَالَ لَمْ أَرَهُ صَلَّی إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 657
Anas bin Malik reported: A man from the Ansar said: I am a corpulent man-and he was (actually) a fat man; I cannot pray along with you. He prepared food for him and invited him to his house. (he said) (please) pray (here) so that I may see how you pray, and then I would follow you. They (the people) washed one side of their mat. He (the prophet) then got up and prayed two Rak’ahs. Ibn al-Jarud asked Anas bin Malik: would he (the prophet) say the forenoon prayer? He replied: I did not see him offering this prayer except that day.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020