Hadith #581
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً فَسَمِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ فَكَثُرَ النَّاسُ اللَّ
يْلَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَخَفِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَوْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَعَلُوا يَسْتَأْنِسُونَ وَيَتَنَحْنَحُونَ قَالَ فَاطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَا زِلْتُمْ بِالَّذِي تَصْنَعُونَ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْ كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهَا وَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا صَلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن بشر
محمد بن عمرو
موسى بن عقبة
أبي النضر
بسر بن سعيد
زيد بن ثابت
أهل المسجد صلاته
English Translation
It was narrated from Zaid ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah دلوالله prayed on the second night and they could no longer hear his voice. When they cleared their throats, he looked out to them and said: "You kept doing what you were doing until I feared it would be written as obligatory for you. And if it were written as obligatory for you, you would not have been able to maintain it."
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 39, Hadith 581
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20619
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-57009