حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ الْأَزْرَقِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ صَلَّی بِنَا إِمَامٌ لَنَا يُکْنَی أَبَا رِمْثَةَ فَقَالَ صَلَّيْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ أَوْ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَکَانَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يَقُومَانِ فِي الصَّفِّ الْمُقَدَّمِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَکَانَ رَجُلٌ قَدْ شَهِدَ التَّکْبِيرَةَ الْأُولَی مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّی نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ حَتَّی رَأَيْنَا بَيَاضَ خَدَّيْهِ ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ کَانْفِتَالِ أَبِي رِمْثَةَ يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ فَقَامَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَدْرَکَ مَعَهُ التَّکْبِيرَةَ الْأُولَی مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ يَشْفَعُ فَوَثَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْکِبِهِ فَهَزَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ اجْلِسْ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُهْلِکْ أَهْلَ الْکِتَابِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَکُنْ بَيْنَ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ فَصْلٌ فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَصَرَهُ فَقَالَ أَصَابَ اللَّهُ بِکَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَقَدْ قِيلَ أَبُو أُمَيَّةَ مَکَانَ أَبِي رِمْثَةَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1007
Narrated Al-Azraq ibn Qays: An imam of ours, whose kunyah (surname) was Abu Rimthah, led us in prayer and said: I prayed this prayer, or one like it, with the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Bakr and Umar were standing in the front row on his right and there was a man who had been present at the first takbir in the prayer. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ offered the prayer, then gave the salutation to his right and his left so that we saw the whiteness of his cheeks, then turned away as Abu Rimthah (meaning himself) had done. The man who has been present with him at the first takbir in the prayer then got up to pray another prayer, whereupon Umar leaped up and, seizing him by the shoulders, shook him and said: Sit down, for the People of the Book perished for no other reason than that there was no interval between their prayers. The Prophet ﷺ raised his eyes and said: Allah has made you say what is right, son of al-Khattab. Abu Dawud said: Sometimes the name of Abu Umayyah is narrated instead of Abu Rimthah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020