Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 657

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ ضَخْمٌ - وَكَانَ ضَخْمًا - لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ مَعَكَ - وَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا وَدَعَاهُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ - فَصَلِّ حَتَّى أَرَاكَ كَيْفَ تُصَلِّي فَأَقْتَدِيَ بِكَ ‏.‏ فَنَضَحُوا لَهُ طَرَفَ حَصِيرٍ كَانَ لَهُمْ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فُلاَنُ بْنُ الْجَارُودِ لأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى قَالَ لَمْ أَرَهُ صَلَّى إِلاَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Anas ibn Malik reported: A man from the Ansar said: ‘Messenger of Allah, I am a large man, and I cannot pray with you.’ He was indeed large. He prepared food and invited the Prophet (ﷺ) to his house, saying: ‘Pray so I can see how you pray and follow you.’ They sprinkled water on one end of a mat they had. The Prophet (ﷺ) stood and prayed two rakʿahs. So-and-so ibn al-Jarud asked Anas ibn Malik: ‘Did he used to pray the forenoon prayer?’ He replied: ‘I did not see him pray it except on that day.’