Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 577

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ جِئْتُ وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَجَلَسْتُ وَلَمْ أَدْخُلْ مَعَهُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ - قَالَ - فَانْصَرَفَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرَأَى يَزِيدَ جَالِسًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلَمْ تُسْلِمْ يَا يَزِيدُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَمَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَعَ النَّاسِ فِي صَلاَتِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ فِي مَنْزِلِي وَأَنَا أَحْسِبُ أَنْ قَدْ صَلَّيْتُمْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا جِئْتَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَوَجَدْتَ النَّاسَ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ تَكُنْ لَكَ نَافِلَةً وَهَذِهِ مَكْتُوبَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah narrated to us: Maʿn ibn ʿIsa narrated to us, from Saʿid ibn al-Saʾib, from Nuh ibn Saʿsaʿah, from Yazid ibn ʿAmir, who said: I arrived while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. I sat down and did not join them in prayer. The Messenger of Allah turned toward us, saw Yazid sitting, and said: ‘Yazid, have you not become a Muslim?’ He replied: ‘Yes, Messenger of Allah, I have become a Muslim.’ He asked: ‘What kept you from joining the people in their prayer?’ He replied: ‘I had prayed at home, thinking you had already prayed.’ He said: ‘When you come for prayer and find the people, pray with them. Even if you have already prayed, that will be voluntary for you, and the other will be the obligatory prayer.’