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tabarani:9549Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Hubayrah b. Yarīm > Ibn Masʿūd > Man Fātath al-Rakʿah al-Ukhrá Falyuṣal Arbaʿ > Maʿmar

[Machine] "Whoever misses the last unit (rakah) should perform four (rakahs)." Ma'mar said Qatadah said, "He should perform four (rakahs)." Qatadah was told, "Indeed, Ibn Mas'ud came while they were sitting at the end of the prayer and he said to his companions, 'Sit, you have caught up, God willing.'" Qatadah said, "He was only saying, 'You have caught up with the reward.'"  

الطبراني:٩٥٤٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ يَرِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ الرَّكْعَةُ الْأُخْرَى فَلْيُصَلِّ أَرْبَعًا» قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا فَقِيلَ لِقَتَادَةَ إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ جَاءَ وَهُمْ جُلُوسٌ فِي آخِرِ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «اجْلِسُوا أَدْرَكْتُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ» قَالَ قَتَادَةُ إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ «أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْأَجْرَ»