English translation
176. Abū Dharr narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “O Abū Dharr! There will be leaders after me who cause the Ṣalāt to die;[1] so perform the Ṣalāt during its time. If you pray (with them) during its time, then that will be voluntary Ṣalāt for you, if not, then you will have attained your Ṣalāt.”) (Ṣaḥīḥ) There are narrations on this topic from ‘Abdullāh bin Mas‘ūd and ‘Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit. Abū ‘Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū Dharr is a Ḥasan Ḥadīth. This is the saying of more than one of the people of knowledge: They consider it recommended for a man to perform Ṣalāt during its time when the Imām delays it, then to pray with the Imām. Then the first Ṣalāt performed is the obligatory one according to most of the people of knowledge. Abū ‘Imrān Al-Jawnī’s name is ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Ḥabīb. (a narrator in the chain of this Ḥadīth).
