حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو کَامِلٍ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّی أَحَدُکُمْ الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَی يَمِينِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَکَمِ أَمَا يُجْزِئُ أَحَدَنَا مَمْشَاهُ إِلَی الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّی يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَی يَمِينِهِ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَکْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَی نَفْسِهِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ هَلْ تُنْکِرُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ قَالَ لَا وَلَکِنَّهُ اجْتَرَأَ وَجَبُنَّا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَمَا ذَنْبِي إِنْ کُنْتُ حَفِظْتُ وَنَسَوْا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1261
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If any of you prays two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side. Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of us walks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According to the version of Ubaydullah, he (Abu Hurairah) replied: No. This statement (of Abu Hurairah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: Abu Hurairah exceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance at what he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showed cowardice. This (criticism of Ibn Umar) reached Abu Hurairah. He said: What is my sin if I remembered and they forgot?
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020