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Praying With Tyrannical Leaders

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Darussalam · Volume 1

10. The Book OfLeading The Prayer(Al-Imâmah)

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الحديث: 778 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 75

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779. It was narrated that Abû Al-'Âliyâh Al-Barrâ' said: "Ziyâd[1] delayed the prayer, then Ibn Sâmit came to me and I gave him a chair and he sat on it. I told him what Ziyâd had done and he bit his lip (in disapproval), and he struck me on the thigh and said: 'I asked Abû Dharr the same question you asked me, and he struck me on the thigh as I struck you on the thigh and said: I asked the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ the same question as you have asked me and he struck me on the thigh as I have struck you on the thigh and said: Offer the prayer on time, and if you catch up with them, then pray with them, and do not say: 'I have already prayed so I will not pray (now).'" (Šâhîh)

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778 - أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: أَخَّرَ زِيَادٌ الصَّلَاةَ فَأَتَانِي ابْنُ صَامِتٍ فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ كُرْسِيًّا فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ، فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ صُنْعَ زِيَادٍ فَعَضَّ عَلَى شَفَتَيْهِ وَضَرَبَ عَلَى فَخِذِي وَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَكَ وَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَكَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاة وَالسَّلَامُ: " صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ مَعَهُمْ فَصَلِّ وَلَا تَقُلْ: إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ فَلَا أُصَلِّي "

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1. The narrator of this Hadîth, Abû Al-'Âliyâh Al-Barrâ' is not Bara' bin 'Azîb - the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. 2. Biting the lips was in order to express sorrow that chiefs often delayed prayer from its time, and striking the hand was to admonish that it would be proper not to follow the chiefs on account of this deed.