أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أُقِيمَتْ الصَّلَاةُ فَقُمْنَا فَعُدِّلَتْ الصُّفُوفُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی إِذَا قَامَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُکَبِّرَ فَانْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ لَنَا مَکَانَکُمْ فَلَمْ نَزَلْ قِيَامًا نَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّی خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا قَدْ اغْتَسَلَ يَنْطُفُ رَأْسُهُ مَائً فَکَبَّرَ وَصَلَّی
سنن نسائی · Hadith 813
Abu Salamah bin ‘Abdur Rahman narrated that he heard Abu Hurairah say: “The Iqamah for prayer was said, and we stood up and the rows were straightened, before the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came out to us. Then the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came to us and stood in the place where he prayed, before he said the Takbir he paused and said to us: ‘Stay where you are.’ So we stayed there, waiting for him, until he came out to us; he had performed Ghusl and his head was dripping with water. Then he said the Takbir and prayed.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020