Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Come to prayer with calmness and tranquility. Then pray the part you get (long with the imam) and complete afterwards the part you miss. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah the words: he should complete it afterwards. Similarly, Abu Rafi narrated from Abu Hurairah and Abu Dharr narrated from him the words then complete it, and complete it afterwards. There is a variation of words in the narration from him.
Read More..Narrated Saeed al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم saw a person praying alone. He said: Is there any man who may do good with this (man) and pray along with him.
Read More..Narrated Yazid ibn al-Aswad: Yazid prayed along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم when he was a young boy. When he (the Prophet) had prayed there were two persons (sitting) in the corner of the mosque; they did not pray (along with the Prophet). He called for them. They were brought trembling (before him). He asked: What prevented you from praying along with us? They replied: We have already prayed in our houses. He said: Do not do so. If any of you prays in his house and finds that the imam has not prayed, he should pray along with him; and that will be a supererogatory prayer for him.
Read More..Jabir bin Yazid reported on the authority of his father: I said the morning prayer along with the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at Mina. He narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Read More..Narrated Yazid ibn Amir: I came while the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was saying the prayer. I sat down and did not pray along with them. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم turned towards us and saw that Yazid was sitting there. He said: Did you not embrace Islam, Yazid? He replied: Why not, Messenger of Allah; I have embraced Islam. He said: What prevented you from saying prayer along with the people? He replied: I have already prayed in my house, and I thought that you had prayed (in congregation). He said: When you come to pray (in the mosque) and find the people praying, then you should pray along with them, though you have already prayed. This will be a supererogatory prayer for you and that will be counted as obligatory.
Read More..A man from Banu Asad bin Khuzaimah asked Abu Ayyub al-Ansari: if one of us prays in his house, then comes to the mosque and finds that the iqamah is being called, and if I pray along with them ( in congregation), I feel something inside about it. Abu Ayyub replied: We asked the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about it. He said: That is a share from the spoils received by the warriors (i. e. he will receive double the reward of the prayer).
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