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nasai:859 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá And Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Ṣudrān > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Budayl > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, and struck my thigh: 'What will you do if you stay among people who delay the prayer until its time is over?' He said: 'What do you command me to do?' He said: 'Offer the prayer on time, then go about your business. Then if the Iqamah for that prayer is said and you are in the Masjid, then pray.'"  

النسائي:٨٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ صُدْرَانَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ مَا تَأْمُرُ قَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلاَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ اذْهَبْ لِحَاجَتِكَ فَإِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَأَنْتَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلِّ  

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muslim:648d – Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb al-Ḥārithī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Budayl > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck my thigh and said: How would you act if you survive among the people who would delay prayers beyond their (prescribed) time? He (Abu Dharr) said: What do you command (under this situation)? He (the Holy Prophet) slid: Observe prayer at its prescribed time, then go (to meet) your needs, and if the Iqama is pronounced, and you are present in the mosque, then observe prayer (along with the Jama'at).  

مسلم:٦٤٨d – وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ قَالَ مَا تَأْمُرُ قَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلاَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ اذْهَبْ لِحَاجَتِكَ فَإِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَأَنْتَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلِّ  

muslim:648f – ʿĀṣim b. al-Naḍr al-Taymī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Abū Naʿāmah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar > Qāl Kayf Antum Aw

(The Messenger of Allah) said: How would you, or how would thou, act if you survive to live among people who defer prayer beyond the (prescribed) time? (The narrator said: Allah and His Messenger know best). whereupon he said: Observe prayer at its prescribed time, but if the Iqama is pronounced for (congregational) prayer, then observe prayer along with them. for herein is an excess of virtue.  

مسلم:٦٤٨f – وَحَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ أَوْ قَالَ

كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا فَصَلِّ الصَّلاَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ إِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا زِيَادَةُ خَيْرٍ  

ahmad:21479 – Abū ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Budayl b. Maysarah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barrāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ slapped his thigh and said to him, 'How would you be if you were among a people who delay the prayer?' Then he said, 'Pray the prayer at its appointed time, and if you are in the mosque until the prayer is established, then pray with them.'"  

أحمد:٢١٤٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّاءَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ضَرَبَ فَخِذَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ انْهَضْ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى تُقَامَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ  

darimi:1263 – Sahl b. Ḥammād > Shuʿbah > Budayl > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barrāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "What would you do if you were among people who delay the prayer from its time?" He said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Pray the prayer at its appointed time and then leave, for if the prayer is established while you are in the mosque, then pray with them."  

الدارمي:١٢٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا؟» قَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا وَاخْرُجْ فَإِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَأَنْتَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:934 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá And Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Khālid Wahū Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Budayl > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck my thigh and said: How would you act if you survive among the people who would delay prayers beyond their (prescribed) time? He (Abu Dharr) said: What do you command (under this situation)? He (the Holy Prophet) slid: Observe prayer at its prescribed time, then go (to meet) your needs, and if the Iqama is pronounced, and you are present in the mosque, then observe prayer (along with the Jama'at). (Using translation from Muslim 648d)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي «كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيَتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا؟» قُلْتُ مَا تَأْمُرُ؟ قَالَ «صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ اذْهَبْ لِحَاجَتِكَ فَإِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَأَنْتَ فِي مَسْجِدٍ فَصَلِّ»