I thought about giving orders to some youths for gathering a bundle of firewood, then going off to some people who their prayers in their homes without any excuse, and burning down their houses over them. I (Yazid b. Yazid) said: I asked Yazid b. al-Asamm: Abu ‘Awf did he mean Friday (prayer) or any other? He replied: may my ears become deaf if I have not heard Abu Hurairah narrating it from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him); He did not mention Friday (prayer) or any other.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ فِتْيَتِي فَيَجْمَعُوا حُزَمًا مِنْ حَطَبٍ ثُمَّ آتِيَ قَوْمًا يُصَلُّونَ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ لَيْسَتْ بِهِمْ عِلَّةٌ فَأُحَرِّقُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ قُلْتُ لِيَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ يَا أَبَا عَوْفٍ الْجُمُعَةَ عَنَى أَوْ غَيْرَهَا قَالَ صُمَّتَا أُذُنَاىَ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَأْثِرُهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا ذَكَرَ جُمُعَةً وَلاَ غَيْرَهَا

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I had intended to appoint a man to lead the people in prayer, then set fire to the houses of those who do not attend the Friday prayer."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ أَنْظُرَ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ بُيُوتَهُمْ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الْجُمُعَةَ

[AI] From the Prophet ﷺ said, "Those who neglect the Friday prayer, I had intended to order my young men to gather firewood, then command a man to lead the people and burn the houses of those who do not attend the Friday prayer."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنِ الْجُمُعَةِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ فِتْيَانِي فَيَحْزِمُوا حَطَبًا ثُمَّ آمُرَ رَجُلًايَؤُمُّ بِالنَّاسِ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ بُيُوتَهُمْ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الْجُمُعَةَ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I indeed intended to command for the prayer to be established and then I would take out my young boys with them carrying bundles of firewood, and I would burn it upon a people in their homes who can hear the call to prayer but do not come to pray. Yazid asked, 'Is this on Fridays or other days?' He replied, 'I have never heard Abu Hurairah mention Fridays or other days except for this.'"

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَتُقَامَ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجَ بِفِتْيَانِي مَعَهُمْ حُزَمُ الْحَطَبِ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ يَسْمَعُونَ النِّدَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ فَسَأَلَ يَزِيدُ أَفِي الْجُمُعَةِ هَذَا أَمْ فِي غَيْرِهَا؟ قَالَ مَا سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَذْكُرُ جُمُعَةً وَلَا غَيْرَهَا إِلَّا هَكَذَا

I thought about giving orders to some youths for gathering a bundle of firewood, then going off to some people who their prayers in their homes without any excuse, and burning down their houses over them. I (Yazid b. Yazid) said: I asked Yazid b. al-Asamm: Abu ‘Awf did he mean Friday (prayer) or any other? He replied: may my ears become deaf if I have not heard Abu Hurairah narrating it from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him); He did not mention Friday (prayer) or any other. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 549)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ فِتْيَتِي فَيَجْمَعُوا حُزَمًا مِنْ حَطَبٍ ثُمَّ آتِي قَوْمًا يُصَلُّونَ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ لَيْسَتْ بِهِمْ عِلَّةٌ فَأُحَرِّقَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ قُلْتُ لِيَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ يَا أَبَا عَوْفٍ الْجُمُعَةُ عَنَى أَوْ غَيْرَهَا؟ فَقَالَ صُمَّتَا أُذُنَايَ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَأْثُرُهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا ذَكَرَ جُمُعَةً وَلَا غَيْرَهَا

"لَقدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ فِتْيَانِى أَنْ يجمعوا حُزمًا مِنْ حَطَبٍ ثُمَّ أَنْطَلِقُ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَيهمْ بُيُوتَهُمْ لا يشْهَدُون الجمعةَ".