أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّائِ قَالَ أَخَّرَ زِيَادٌ الصَّلَاةَ فَأَتَانِي ابْنُ صَامِتٍ فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ کُرْسِيًّا فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ فَذَکَرْتُ لَهُ صُنْعَ زِيَادٍ فَعَضَّ عَلَی شَفَتَيْهِ وَضَرَبَ عَلَی فَخِذِي وَقَالَ إنِّي سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ کَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي کَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخْذَکَ وَقَالَ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي کَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَکَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاة وَالسَّلَامُ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَکْتَ مَعَهُمْ فَصَلِّ وَلَا تَقُلْ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ فَلَا أُصَلِّي
سنن نسائی · Hadith 782
It was narrated that Abu Al ‘Aliyah Al-Barra’ said: “Ziyad delayed the prayer, then Ibn Samit came to me and I gave him a chair and he sat on it. I told him what Ziyad had done and he bit his lip (in disapproval), and he struck me on the thigh and said: ‘I asked Abu Dharr the same question you asked me, and he struck me on the thigh as I struck you on the thigh and said: I asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم the same question as you have asked me and he struck me on the thigh as I have struck you on the thigh and said: Offer the prayer on time, and if you catch up with them, then pray with them, and do not say: ‘I have already prayed so I will not pray (now).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020