Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
tabarani:9547Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Suʾil Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī Adhakart > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Whoever catches up with the two units of prayer or one of them has indeed caught up with the Friday prayer, and whoever misses the two units of prayer, then they should pray four units." He said, "Yes."  

الطبراني:٩٥٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيُّ أَذَكَرْتَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ قَالَ

مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ الْجُمُعَةَ وَمَنْ فَاتَتْهُ الرَّكْعَتَانِ فَلْيُصَلِّ أَرْبَعًا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ṭabarānī
tabarani:9545al-Ḥusayn b. Jaʿfar al-Qattāt al-Kūfī > Minjāb b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Aʿmash > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Whoever catches one unit of the Friday prayer, let him add another to it, and whoever misses the two units, then let him pray four units.  

الطبراني:٩٥٤٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَتَّاتُ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا مِنْجَابُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِنَ الْجُمُعَةِ رَكْعَةً فَلَيُضِفْ إِلَيْهَا أُخْرَى وَمَنْ فَاتَتْهُ الرَّكْعَتَانِ فَلْيُصَلِّ أَرْبَعًا»  

tabarani:9546Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] "Whoever catches the (Friday) congregational prayer has indeed caught the (reward of) Friday, and whoever misses the (Friday) congregational prayer should pray four (rak'ahs)."  

الطبراني:٩٥٤٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الرَّكْعَةَ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ الْجُمُعَةَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُدْرِكِ الرَّكْعَةَ فَلْيُصَلِّ أَرْبَعًا»