Jami` at-Tirmidhi 220

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Hannad narrated to us: Abdah narrated to us, from Sa‘id ibn Abi Arubah, from Sulayman al-Naji al-Basri, from Abu al-Mutawakkil, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: A man came after the Messenger of Allah had already prayed. He said: ‘Who will do a good deed for this man?’ A man stood and prayed with him.

Reports on this subject are also related from Abu Umamah, Abu Musa, and al-Hakam ibn Umayr. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Abu Sa‘id is hasan. This was the view of more than one scholar among the Prophet’s Companions and the Successors: they saw no harm in people praying together in congregation in a mosque where a congregation had already prayed. This was the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. Other scholars said they should pray individually; this was the view preferred by Sufyan, Ibn al-Mubarak, Malik, and al-Shafi‘i. Sulayman al-Naji was from Basra and is also called Sulayman ibn al-Aswad. Abu al-Mutawakkil’s name was Ali ibn Dawud.