3. Ṣalāh (Ritual Prayer)

٣۔ كِتَابُ الصَّلَاةِ

3.672 [Machine] Whoever left to want prayer, he was preceded by it.

٣۔٦٧٢ بَابُ مَنْ خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ فَسُبِقَ بِهَا

bayhaqi:5010[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Naṣr Aḥmad b. Sahl al-Faqīh Bibukhārā > Abū ʿIṣmah Sahl b. al-Mutawakkil al-Bukhārī > al-Qaʿnabī ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad / Ibn Ṭaḥlāʾ > Miḥṣan b. ʿAlī > ʿAwf b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes to the mosque and finds that the people had finished the prayer (in congregation), Allah will give him a reward like one who prayed in congregation and attended it; The reward of those who prayed in congregation will not be curtailed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 564)   

البيهقي:٥٠١٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَا ثنا أَبُو عِصْمَةَ سَهْلُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْبُخَارِيُّ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ طَحْلَاءَ عَنْ مِحْصَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ رَاحَ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلُّوا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ صَلَّاهَا وَحَضَرَهَا لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِمْ شَيْئًا  

bayhaqi:5011Abū ʿAlī > Abū Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. Muʿādh b. ʿAbbād al-ʿAnbarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Maʿbad b. Hurmuz > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Ḥaḍar a man from al-Anṣār al-Mawt > Innī Muḥaddithukum Ḥadīth Mā Uḥaddithakumūh Illā Āḥtisāb

Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab said: An Ansari was breathing his last. He said: I narrate to you a tradition, and I narrate it with the intention of getting a reward from Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If any one of you performs ablution and performs it very well, and goes out for prayer, he does not take his right step but Allah records a good work (or blessing) for him, and he does not take his left step but Allah remits one sin from him. Any one of you may reside near the mosque or far from it; if he comes to the mosque and prays in congregation, he will be forgiven (by Allah). If he comes to the mosque while the people had prayed in part, and the prayer remained in part, and he prays in congregation the part he joined, and completed the part he had missed, he will enjoy similarly (i.e. he will be forgiven). If he comes to the mosque when the people had finished prayer, he will enjoy the same. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 563)   

البيهقي:٥٠١١وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ حَضَرَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ الْمَوْتُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا مَا أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ إِلَّا احْتِسَابًا

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ قَدَمَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَلَمْ يَضَعْ قَدَمَهُ الْيُسْرَى إِلَّا حَطَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ سَيِّئَةً فَلْيُقَرِّبْ أَوْ لِيُبَعِّدْ فَإِنْ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى فِي جَمَاعَةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ وَإِنْ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ صَلُّوا بَعْضًا وَبَقِيَ بَعْضٌ صَلَّى مَا أَدْرَكَ وَأَتَمَّ مَا بَقِيَ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ فَإِنْ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ صَلُّوا فَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ