Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 510

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلْقَمَةَ الْمَدَنِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ صَلَّيْنَا فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ لَنَا أَصَلَّيْتُمْ قُلْنَا صَلَّيْنَا الظُّهْرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ الْعَصْرَ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا لَهُ عَجَّلْتَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أُصَلِّي كَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي يُصَلُّونَ ‏.‏

Translation

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us: Abu ‘Alqamah al-Madani narrated to us: Muhammad ibn ‘Amr narrated to us, from Abu Salamah, who said: We prayed during the time of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, then went to Anas ibn Malik and found him praying. When he finished, he asked us, “Have you prayed?” We said, “We prayed Zuhr.” He said, “I have prayed ‘Asr.” They said to him, “You prayed it early.” He replied, “I pray only as I saw my Companions pray.”