أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِکٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ جَائَ إِلَی الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ حِينَ زَالَتْ الشَّمْسُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَقَالَ الرَّوَاحَ إِنْ کُنْتَ تُرِيدُ السُّنَّةَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ سَالِمٌ فَقُلْتُ لِلْحَجَّاجِ إِنْ کُنْتَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُصِيبَ الْيَوْمَ السُّنَّةَ فَأَقْصِرْ الْخُطْبَةَ وَعَجِّلْ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ صَدَقَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3016
It was narrated from Salim bin ‘Abdullah that ‘Abduflah bin ‘Umar came to Al-Hajjaj bin Yflsuf on the day of ‘Arafat when the sun had passed its zenith, and I was with him. He said: “We have to move on if you want to follow the Sunnah.” He said to him: “At this hour?” He said: “Yes.” Salim said: “I said to Al-Hajjaj: ‘if you want to follow the Sunnah, then deliver a short Khutbah and hasten to pray.’ ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: ‘He is telling the truth.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020