أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فِي سَفَرٍ يُرِيدُ أَرْضًا فَأَتَاهُ آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ لِمَا بِهَا فَانْظُرْ أَنْ تُدْرِکَهَا فَخَرَجَ مُسْرِعًا وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يُسَايِرُهُ وَغَابَتْ الشَّمْسُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ وَکَانَ عَهْدِي بِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَافِظُ عَلَی الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا أَبْطَأَ قُلْتُ الصَّلَاةَ يَرْحَمُکَ اللَّهُ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ وَمَضَی حَتَّی إِذَا کَانَ فِي آخِرِ الشَّفَقِ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّی الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ أَقَامَ الْعِشَائَ وَقَدْ تَوَارَی الشَّفَقُ فَصَلَّی بِنَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ إِذَا عَجِلَ بِهِ السَّيْرُ صَنَعَ هَکَذَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 599
Nafi’ said: “I went out with ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar on a journey to some of his land. Then someone came to him and said: ‘Safiyyah bint AbI ‘Ubaid is sick, try to get there before it is too late.’ He set out quickly, accompanied by a man of the Quraish. The sun set but he did not pray, although I knew him to be very careful about praying on time. When he slowed down I said: ‘The prayer, may Allah have mercy on you.’ He turned to me but carried on until the twilight was almost gone, then he stopped and prayed Maghrib, then he said the Iqamah for ‘Isha’, at that time the twilight had totally disappeared and led us in prayer. Then he turned to us and said: ‘If the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was in a hurry to travel he would do this.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020