I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the expedition of Tabuk. He abandoned the main road before the dawn prayer, and I also did the same along with him. The Prophet ﷺ made his camel kneel down and (went to ) relieve himself. He then came back and I poured water upon his hands from the skin-vessel. He then washed his hands and face. He tried to get his forearms out (of the gown), but the sleeves of the gown were too narrow, so he entered back both his hands, and brought them out from beneath the gown. He washed his forearms up to the elbows and wiped his head and wiped over his socks.80 He then mounted (his camel) and we began to proceed until we found people offering the prayer. They brought forward ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf who was leading them in prayer. The Prophet ﷺ stood in the row side by side with other Muslims. He performed the second rak’ah of the prayer behind ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf. Then ‘Abd al-Rahman uttered salutation. The Prophet ﷺ stood to perform the remaining rak’ah of the prayer. The Muslims were alarmed. They began to utter tasbih (Subhan Allah) presuming that they had offered prayer before the Prophet ﷺ had done. When he uttered the salutation (i.e. finished his prayer), he said: You were right, or (he said) you did well. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 149)
أَنَّهُ سَارَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْفَجْرُ عَدَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَعَدَلْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَنَاخَ فَتَبَرَّزَ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ فِيهَا مَاءٌ فَلَمَّا جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنِي فَسَكَبْتُ عَلَى يَدِهِ مِنَ الْإِدَاوَةِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ يَحْسِرُ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فَضَاقَ كُمَّا جُبَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَدْخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ فِي جُبَّتِهِ فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِنْ تَحْتِ الْجُبَّةِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَتَوَضَّأَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَقْبَلَ مَعَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَقَدَّمُوا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ رَكْعَةً مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَفَّ مَعَ النَّاسِ وَرَاءَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُتِمُّ صَلَاتَهُ فَفَزِعَ النَّاسُ لِذَلِكَ وَأَكْثَرُوا التَّسْبِيحَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ لِلنَّاسِ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ أَوْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ كَذَا قَالَا فِي إِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَحَمْزَةَ