English translation
7224. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I intended to (or was about) to order for collecting firewood and then order someone to pronounce the Ādhān for Aṣ-Ṣalāt (the prayer) and then order someone to lead the people in Ṣalāt (prayer) and then I would go from behind and burn the houses of men who did not present themselves for the (compulsory congregational) Ṣalāt (prayer). By Him, in Whose Hand my soul is, if anyone of them had known that he could find a bone covered with good meat, or two (small) pieces of meat present in between two ribs, he would come for ‘Ishā’ prayer.” [See Vol. 1, Hadīth No.644]
