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ibnhibban:2147Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Shaybān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] "While we were praying with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we heard the footsteps of some men. When he finished praying, he called them and said, 'What is your matter?' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, we hurried to join the prayer.' He said, 'Do not hurry when you come to the prayer, but have tranquility. Whatever you catch of the prayer, pray it, and whatever you miss, complete it.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢١٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ جَلَبَةَ رِجَالٍ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى دَعَاهُمْ فَقَالَ «مَا شَأْنُكُمْ؟ » قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَعْجَلْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ «لَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوا إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا سُبِقْتُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا» *  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
bukhari:635Abū Nuʿaym > Shaybān > Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

My father said, "While we were praying with the Prophet ﷺ he heard the noise of some people. After the prayer he said, 'What is the matter?' They replied 'We were hurrying for the prayer.' He said, 'Do not make haste for the prayer, and whenever you come for the prayer, you should come with calmness, and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have missed."  

البخاري:٦٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ جَلَبَةَ رِجَالٍ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ قَالُوا اسْتَعْجَلْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّكِينَةِ فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا فَاتَكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا  

muslim:603aIsḥāq b. Manṣūr > Muḥammad b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣūrī > Muʿāwiyah b. Salāam > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

While we said our prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he heard tumult. (At the end of the prayer) he (the Holy Prophet) said: What is the matter with you? They said: We hastened to prayer. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't do that; when you come for prayer, there should be tranquillity upon you. Pray (along with the Imam) what you can find and complete what preceded you.  

مسلم:٦٠٣aحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصُّورِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعَ جَلَبَةً فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ قَالُوا اسْتَعْجَلْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ فَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا سَبَقَكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا  

ahmad:22608Ḥasan b. Mūsá And Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Shaybān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

My father said, "While we were praying with the Prophet ﷺ he heard the noise of some people. After the prayer he said, 'What is the matter?' They replied 'We were hurrying for the prayer.' He said, 'Do not make haste for the prayer, and whenever you come for the prayer, you should come with calmness, and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have missed." (Using translation from Bukhārī 635)  

أحمد:٢٢٦٠٨حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى وَحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ جَلَبَةَ رِجَالٍ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى دَعَاهُمْ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اسْتَعْجَلْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةَ فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا سُبِقْتُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا  

bayhaqi:5873[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Farrāʾ > Abū Nuʿaym > Shaybān [Chain 2] Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī Abū al-Faḍl Yawm al-Khamīs Liʾiḥdá ʿAshrah Baqiyat from Shaʿbān Sanah Sabʿ Wasittīn Wamiāʾatayn > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shaybān Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Naḥwī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

My father said, "While we were praying with the Prophet ﷺ he heard the noise of some people. After the prayer he said, 'What is the matter?' They replied 'We were hurrying for the prayer.' He said, 'Do not make haste for the prayer, and whenever you come for the prayer, you should come with calmness, and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have missed." (Using translation from Bukhārī 635)   

البيهقي:٥٨٧٣أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْفَرَّاءُ أنبأ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا شَيْبَانُ (ح) وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ لِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ بَقِيَتْ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ شَيْبَانُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ النَّحْوِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ جَلَبَةَ رِجَالٍ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى دَعَاهُمْ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اسْتَعْجَلْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلُوا إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّكِينَةِ فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا فَاتَكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ وَآخَرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شَيْبَانَ
bayhaqi:3630Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Imlāʾ > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan > Abū Nuʿaym > Shaybān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qatādah from his father

[Machine] While we were praying with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , we heard the sound of men rushing. After he finished praying, he called them and said, "What is the matter with you?" They said, "We hurried to join the prayer." He said, "Do not do so when you come for prayer, but rather take your time and be calm. Whatever you have missed, pray it, and whatever you have missed out on, complete it."  

البيهقي:٣٦٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ إِمْلَاءً ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ جَلَبَةَ رِجَالٍ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى دَعَاهُمْ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ؟ قَالُوا اسْتَعْجَلْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا سُبِقْتُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ وَشَيْبَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ كَذَلِكَ