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nasai:855 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Ibn Ṭaḥlāʾ > Muḥṣin b. ʿAlī al-Fihrī > ʿAwf b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever performs wudu' and does it well, then sets out for the Masjid and finds that the people have already prayed, Allah will decree for him a reward like that of those who attended (the prayer), without reducing the slightest from their reward."  

النسائي:٨٥٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَحْلاَءَ عَنْ مُحْصِنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْفِهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ حَضَرَهَا وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا  

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abudawud:564 – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > Muḥammad / Ibn Ṭaḥlāʾ > Muḥṣin 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.  

أبو داود:٥٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ طَحْلاَءَ عَنْ مُحْصِنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ رَاحَ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ صَلاَّهَا وَحَضَرَهَا لاَ يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِمْ شَيْئًا  

ahmad:8947 – Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. Ṭaḥlāʾ > Muḥṣin 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)  

أحمد:٨٩٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَحْلَاءَ عَنْ مُحْصِنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ رَاحَ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ صَلَّاهَا أَوْ حَضَرَهَا لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا  

nasai-kubra:930 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Ibn Ṭaḥlāʾ > Miḥṣan b. ʿAlī al-Fihrī > ʿAwf b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever performs wudu' and does it well, then sets out for the Masjid and finds that the people have already prayed, Allah will decree for him a reward like that of those who attended (the prayer), without reducing the slightest from their reward." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 855)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ طَحْلَاءَ عَنْ مِحْصَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْفِهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ حَضَرَهَا وَلَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا»  

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:٥٠١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

suyuti:21209a –
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السيوطي:٢١٢٠٩a –

"مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ رَاحَ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلوا أَعْطَاهُ الله ﷻ أَجر من صَلَّاها وحضَرَها، لا يَنْقُص ذلك من أَجْرهِم شيئًا".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن أَبي هريرة