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tabarani:18903Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. Yazīd from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer the Fajr prayer in the Mosque of Al-Khaif. After he had finished, he saw two men in the back of the mosque who had not prayed with him. He sent for them and they came trembling. He asked them, "What is the matter with you, why did you not pray with us?" They replied, "We have already prayed in our homes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When any one of you comes to the mosque, he should join the congregation in prayer, for it is worthier for him."  

الطبراني:١٨٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ فَرَأَى رَجُلَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا انْصَرَفَ فِي مُؤَخَّرِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَجِيءَ بِهِمَا يُرْعَدُ فَرَائِصُهُمَا فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمَا لَمْ تُصَلِّيَا مَعَنَا فَقَالَا قَد صَلَّيْنَا فِي رِحَالِنَا فَقَالَ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَمِيعَ وَقَدْ صَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ فَلْيُصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا لَهُ نَافِلَةٌ  


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abudawud:575Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. Yazīd b. al-Aswad

Yazid prayed along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was a young boy. When he (the Prophet) had prayed there were two persons (sitting) in the corner of the mosque; they did not pray (along with the Prophet). He called for them. They were brought trembling (before him). He asked: What prevented you from praying along with us? They replied: We have already prayed in our houses. He said: Do not do so. If any of you prays in his house and finds that the imam has not prayed, he should pray along with him; and that will be a supererogatory prayer for him.  

أبو داود:٥٧٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ

عَنْ أَبِيهِأَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ غُلاَمٌ شَابٌّ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى إِذَا رَجُلاَنِ لَمْ يُصَلِّيَا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَدَعَا بِهِمَا فَجِيءَ بِهِمَا تُرْعَدُ فَرَائِصُهُمَا فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَكُمَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَا مَعَنَا قَالاَ قَدْ صَلَّيْنَا فِي رِحَالِنَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَفْعَلُوا إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فِي رَحْلِهِ ثُمَّ أَدْرَكَ الإِمَامَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ فَلْيُصَلِّ مَعَهُ فَإِنَّهَا لَهُ نَافِلَةٌ  

ahmad:17475ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. Yazīd b. al-Aswad from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Fajr in Mina, then he turned and saw two men behind the people. So, he called them and they came to him trembling. He said, "What prevented you from praying with the people?" They said, "We had already prayed in our camp." He said, "Do not do so if one of you has prayed in his camp, and then he catches up with the prayer led by the imam, then he should still pray it with him, for it will be a voluntary prayer for him."  

أحمد:١٧٤٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ بِمِنًى فَانْحَرَفَ فَرَأَى رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ وَرَاءَ النَّاسِ فَدَعَا بِهِمَا فَجِيءَ بِهِمَا تَرْعَدُ فَرَائِصُهُمَا فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَكُمَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَا مَعَ النَّاسِ؟ فَقَالَا قَدْ كُنَّا صَلَّيْنَا فِي الرِّحَالِ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلَا إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فِي رَحْلِهِ ثُمَّ أَدْرَكَ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فَلْيُصَلِّهَا مَعَهُ فَإِنَّهَا لَهُنَافِلَةٌ