[Machine] There was a prince among the princes who would delay the prayer. So I asked Abu Dharr and he hit my thigh and said, "I asked my intimate friend, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, and he hit my thigh and said, 'Pray the prayer at its specified time. If you catch up with them, pray with them and do not say, 'I have already prayed' for I will not pray with them."  

كَانَ أَمِيرٌ مِنَ الْأُمَرَاءِ يُؤَخِّرُ الصَّلَاةَ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ خَلِيلِي يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي فَقَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِمِيقَاتِهَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ وَلَا تَقُلْ إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ فَلَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مَعَهُمْ  

[Machine] He said, "I asked my friend, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, so he hit my thigh and said, 'Pray at their appointed times (the congregational prayers), and if you catch up with them, pray with them and do not say, 'I have already prayed, so I will not pray.'"  

وَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ خَلِيلِي يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي فَقَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِمِيقَاتِهَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ وَلَا تَقُلْ إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ فَلَا أُصَلِّي  

[Machine] He was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the call to prayer was made. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and prayed, then he returned and there was a water jug in his gathering just as it was before. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What prevented you from praying with the people? Are you not a Muslim?" He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, but I had already prayed with my family." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you come, pray with the people even if you have already prayed." 3639 Abu Zakariya Ibn Abi Ishaq informed us, Abu Al-Abbas reported to us, An-Nu'man reported to us from Malik, who mentioned it in the same way.  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُذِّنَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ وَمِحْجَنٌ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ كَمَا هُوَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ مَعَ النَّاسِ أَلَسْتَ بِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ؟ قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَلَكِنِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ كُنْتُ صَلَّيْتُ فِي أَهْلِي قَالَ فَإِذَا جِئْتَ فَصَلِّ مَعَ النَّاسِ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ 3639 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ  

[Machine] "We prayed the Fajr prayer with the Prophet ﷺ in Mina, and then two men came and stood discreetly. The Prophet ﷺ ordered them to be brought forward, and they presented themselves with their turbans raised high. He asked them, 'What prevented you from praying with the people? Are you Muslims?' They replied, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, we had already prayed at our campsite.' He said to them, 'If you have already prayed at your campsite and then come to join the imam, then pray with him, as your prayer will be considered a voluntary prayer.'"  

صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ بِمِنًى فَجَاءَ رَجُلَانِ حَتَّى وَقَفَا عَلَى رَوَاحِلِهِمَا فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَجِيءَ بِهِمَا تَرْعَدُ فَرَائِصُهُمَا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مَا مَنَعَكُمَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَا مَعَ النَّاسِ؟ أَلَسْتُمَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ؟ قَالَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا صَلَّيْنَا فِي رِحَالِنَا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمَا فِي رِحَالِكُمَا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُمَا الْإِمَامَ فَصَلَّيَا مَعَهُ فَإِنَّهُمَا لَكُمَا نَافِلَةٌ  

if one of us prays in his house, then comes to the mosque and finds that the iqamah is being called, and if I pray along with them ( in congregation), I feel something inside about it. Abu Ayyub replied: We asked the Prophet ﷺ about it. He said: That is a share from the spoils received by the warriors (i.e. he will receive double the reward of the prayer). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 578)   

يُصَلِّي أَحَدُنَا فِي مَنْزِلِهِ الصَّلَاةَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي الْمَسْجِدَ وَتُقَامُ الصَّلَاةُ فَأُصَلِّي مَعَهُمْ فَأَجِدُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ سَأَلْنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ سَهْمُ جَمْعٍ  

[Machine] "I pray in my house, then I go to the mosque and find the Imam praying, so I pray with him?" Abu Ayyub replied, "Yes, whoever does that will have the reward of their prayer multiplied or equivalent to the reward of praying in congregation."  

إِنِّي أُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ آتِي الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَجِدُ الْإِمَامَ يُصَلِّي فَأُصَلِّي مَعَهُ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ نَعَمْ مَنْ صَنَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ لَهُ سَهْمُ جَمْعٍ أَوْ مِثْلُ سَهْمِ جَمْعٍ