Hadith 303

Sahih Muslim

Book 5: The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer

Chapter 41

It is disliked to delay the prayers beyond their proper times, and what a person should do if the Imam delays the prayer

باب كَرَاهِيَةِ تَأْخِيرِ الصَّلاَةِ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا الْمُخْتَارِ وَمَا يَفْعَلُهُ الْمَأْمُومُ إِذَا أَخَّرَهَا الإِمَامُ

Sahih Muslim 648f
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ التَّيْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ - أَوْ قَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ - إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا فَصَلِّ الصَّلاَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ إِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا زِيَادَةُ خَيْرٍ ‏"
Abu Dharr reported:

(The Messenger of Allah) said: How would you, or how would thou, act if you survive to live among people who defer prayer beyond the (prescribed) time? (The narrator said: Allah and His Messenger know best). whereupon he said: Observe prayer at its prescribed time, but if the Iqama is pronounced for (congregational) prayer, then observe prayer along with them. for herein is an excess of virtue.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari

جندب بن جنادة أبو ذر الغفاري

203 narrations

follower
2

'Abdullah bin al-Samit

عبد الله بن الصامت

36 narrations

successor
3

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
4

Khalid bin al-Harith bin 'Ubaid

خالد بن الحارث بن عبيد

178 narrations