Hadith #334
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ حُذَيْفَةُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي مِمَّا يَلِي أَبْوَابَ كِنْدَةَ فَجَعَلَ لَا يُتِمُّ الرُّكُوعَ وَلَا السُّجُودَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ مُنْذُ كَمْ هَذِهِ صَلَاتُكَ قَالَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ فَقَ
الَ لَهُ حُذَيْفَةُ مَا صَلَّيْتَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً وَلَوْ مُتَّ وَهَذِهِ صَلَاتُكَ لَمُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْفِطْرَةِ الَّتِي فُطِرَ عَلَيْهَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ يُعَلِّمُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُخَفِّفُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَيُتِمُّ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ
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English Translation
It was narrated from Zayd ibn Wahb that Hudhayfa (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and saw a man praying near the doors of Kindah who was not completing his bowing or prostration. When he finished, Hudhayfa said to him: 'How long have you been praying like this?' He said: 'For forty years.' Hudhayfa said: 'You have not prayed for forty years, and if you die with this prayer, you will die contrary to the natural disposition upon which Muhammad ﷺ was created.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 42, Hadith 334
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 22172
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-58562