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tabarani:9504Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Zayd b. Wahb > Jāʾ a man > ʿAbdullāh > Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Innī Nimt > Ṣalāh al-Fajr Ḥattá Ṭalaʿat al-Shams

[Machine] "O Abu Abdurrahman, I slept through the Fajr prayer until the sun rose." So Abdullah said to him, "Perform ablution as perfectly as you can, then pray as perfectly as you can." He saw that Abdullah did not understand what he meant by the greatness of what he had done. So he returned and said to him, "O Abu Abdurrahman, I slept through the Fajr prayer until the sun rose." Abdullah took his finger and squeezed it, then said, "It was only said to you to make you understand: Perform ablution as perfectly as you can, then pray as perfectly as you can."  

الطبراني:٩٥٠٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي نِمْتُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ تَوَضَّأْ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُتَوَضِّئًا وَصَلِّ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُصَلِّيًا قَالَ فَرَأَى أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ لَمْ يَفْهَمْ مِنْ كُبْرِ مَا أَتَى قَالَ فَعَادَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي نِمْتُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَوَضَّأْ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُتَوَضِّئًا وَصَلِّ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُصَلِّيًا» فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى إِذَا خَفَّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي نِمْتُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِأُصْبُعِهِ فَعَصَرَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا قِيلَ لَكَ لِتَعْقِلَ تَوَضَّأْ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُتَوَضِّئًا وَصَلِّ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُصَلِّيًا»