Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 734
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ، عَنْ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَهْلاً السَّاعِدِيَّ، - رضى الله عنه - يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلاَةَ فَهُوَ فى الصَّلاَةِ " .
Translation
Qutaybah narrated to us: Bakr ibn Mudar narrated to us from Ayyash ibn Uqbah, that Yahya ibn Maymun told him: I heard Sahl As-Sa‘idi, may Allah be pleased with him, say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever remains in the mosque waiting for the prayer is in a state of prayer.'