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Sahih Muslim 648fصحيح مسلم 648f
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ التَّيْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ " كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ - أَوْ قَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ - إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلاَةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا فَصَلِّ الصَّلاَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ثُمَّ إِنْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّهَا زِيَادَةُ خَيْرٍ " .
Abu Dharr reported: (The Messenger of Allah) said: How would you, or how would thou, act if you survive to live among people who defer prayer beyond the (prescribed) time? (The narrator said: Allah and His Messenger know best). whereupon he said: Observe prayer at its prescribed time, but if the Iqama is pronounced for (congregational) prayer, then observe prayer along with them. for herein is an excess of virtue.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عاصم بن النضر بن المنتشر ← خالد بن الحارث بن عبيد ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← عبد ربه ← عبد الله بن الصامت ← أبو ذر
Asim ibn al-Nadr ibn al-Muntashir → Khalid ibn al-Harith ibn Ubayd → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Abd Rabbih → Abdullah ibn al-Samit → Abu Dharr