[Machine] "Zaid, O commander of the believers! By Allah, I will never abandon them after I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying them." Umar then sat beside him and said, "O Zaid bin Khalid, if I were not afraid that people would take them as a precedent to delay the prayer until night, I would not have struck them."
زَيْدٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَوَاللهِ لَا أَدَعُهُمَا أَبَدًا بَعْدَ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا قَالَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِعُمَرُ وَقَالَ يَا زَيْدُ بْنَ خَالِدٍ لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَتَّخِذَهَا النَّاسُ سُلَّمًا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى اللَّيْلِ لَمْ أَضْرِبْ فِيهِمَا