Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 217
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ فِتْيَتِي أَنْ يَجْمَعُوا حُزَمَ الْحَطَبِ ثُمَّ آمُرَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَتُقَامَ ثُمَّ أُحَرِّقَ عَلَى أَقْوَامٍ لاَ يَشْهَدُونَ الصَّلاَةَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ وَجَابِرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا مَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ فَلاَ صَلاَةَ لَهُ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هَذَا عَلَى التَّغْلِيظِ وَالتَّشْدِيدِ وَلاَ رُخْصَةَ لأَحَدٍ فِي تَرْكِ الْجَمَاعَةِ إِلاَّ مِنْ عُذْرٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Jafar ibn Burqan, from Yazid ibn al-Asamm, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, who said: ‘I considered ordering my young men to gather bundles of firewood, then ordering that the prayer be called and established, and then setting fire to the homes of people who do not attend the prayer.’
Reports on this subject are also related from Abd Allah ibn Masud, Abu al-Darda, Ibn Abbas, Muadh ibn Anas, and Jabir. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Abu Hurayrah is hasan sahih. It has been reported from more than one of the Prophet’s Companions that they said: ‘Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond has no prayer.’ Some scholars said that this is a stern warning, and that no one has an exemption from leaving the congregational prayer except for a valid excuse.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The threatened burning is reported as a statement of intent; it is translated directly and not as an action carried out.