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ahmad:4386Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad b. Yazīd al-Nakhaʿī

[Machine] "So he established the noon prayer to pray. We stood behind him, and he took my hand and the hand of my uncle and then he placed one of us on his right and the other on his left. Then he stood among us and we lined up behind him in one row. He said, 'He said, then he said, this is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do when they were three.' He prayed with us, and when he bowed, he placed his hands on his thighs and kept his arms attached to his thighs. He put his hands between his knees. He said, 'When he finished, he turned to us and said, 'There will be leaders who delay the prayer from its prescribed time, so when they do that, do not wait for them with it. Perform the prayer with them as an additional (supererogatory) prayer.'"  

أحمد:٤٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَمِّي عَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ قَالَ

فَأَقَامَ الظُّهْرَ لِيُصَلِّيَ فَقُمْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَيَدِ عَمِّي ثُمَّ جَعَلَ أَحَدَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ بَيْنَنَا فَصَفَفْنَا خَلْفَهُ صَفًّا وَاحِدًا قَالَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً قَالَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ طَبَّقَ وَأَلْصَقَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِفَخِذَيْهِ وَأَدْخَلَ كَفَّيْهِ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ أَئِمَّةٌ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِهَا فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرُوهُمْ بِهَا وَاجْعَلُوا الصَّلَاةَ مَعَهُمْ سُبْحَةً