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malik:8-10 – Mālik > Nāfiʿ > a man Saʾal ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that a man asked Abdullah ibn Umar, "Sometimes I pray in my house, and then catch the prayer with the imam. Should I pray with him?" Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, "Yes," and the man said, "Which of them do I make my prayer?" Abdullah ibn Umar said, "Is that up to you? It is up to Allah. He will decide on whichever of them He wishes."  

مالك:٨-١٠ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ أُدْرِكُ الصَّلاَةَ مَعَ الإِمَامِ أَفَأُصَلِّي مَعَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَيَّتَهُمَا أَجْعَلُ صَلاَتِي فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَوَذَلِكَ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ يَجْعَلُ أَيَّتَهُمَا شَاءَ  

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malik:8-11 – Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > a man Saʾal Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that a man asked Said ibn al-Musayyab, "I pray in my house, and then I come to the mosque and find the imam praying. Should I pray with him?" Said said, "Yes," and the man said, "Which of them is my prayer?" Said said, "Are you the one to decide that? That is up to Allah."  

مالك:٨-١١ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ

فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ آتِي الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَجِدُ الإِمَامَ يُصَلِّي أَفَأُصَلِّي مَعَهُ فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَيُّهُمَا صَلاَتِي فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَوَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُهُمَا إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ  

bayhaqi:3649 – Abū Aḥmad al-Mihrajānī > Abū Bakr b. Jaʿfar al-Muzakkī > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī > Ibn Bukayr > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > a man Saʾal ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] Indeed, I pray in my house and then join the congregational prayer with the imam. Should I still pray with him? Abdullah ibn Umar said, "Yes, pray with him." The man asked, "Who should I make my prayer with?" Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, "That is up to you. That decision is in the hands of Allah the Most High, He chooses who to include in His signs."  

البيهقي:٣٦٤٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي أُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي ثُمَّ أُدْرِكُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ أَفَأُصَلِّي مَعَهُ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ نَعَمْ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَيَّتُهُمَا أَجْعَلُ صَلَاتِي فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَذَلِكَ إِلَيْكَ؟ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى يَجْعَلُ أَيَّتَهُمَا شَاءَ