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[Machine] "Do not be a follower, a helper, a negotiator, or a mailman, and pray the prayer on time."  

الطبراني:٩٤٩٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا مَهْدِيُّ إِذَا ظُهِرَ لِخِيَارِكُمْ وَاسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحْدَاثُكُمْ أَوْ أَشْرَارُكُمْ وَصُلِّيَتِ الصَّلَاةُ لِغَيْرِ مِيقَاتِهَا؟» قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ

«لَا تَكُنْ جَابِيًا وَلَا عَرِيفًا وَلَا شُرَطَيًّا وَلَا بَرِيدًا وَصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِمِيقَاتِهَا»