سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الصلاة
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي الصَّلاَةِ تُقَامُ وَلَمْ يَأْتِ الإِمَامُ يَنْتَظِرُونَهُ قُعُودًا
Chapter: People Sitting After The Iqamah While Waiting For The Imam If He Has Not Come.
Hadith 543
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مَنْجُوفٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْنُ بْنُ كَهْمَسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَهْمَسٍ ، قَالَ : قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ بِمِنًى وَالْإِمَامُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ فَقَعَدَ بَعْضُنَا ، فَقَالَ لِي شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ : مَا يُقْعِدُكَ ؟ قُلْتُ : ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : هَذَا السُّمُودُ ؟ فَقَالَ لِي الشَّيْخُ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْسَجَةَ ، عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نَقُومُ فِي الصُّفُوفِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَوِيلًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكَبِّرَ ، قَالَ : وَقَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَلُونَ الصُّفُوفَ الْأُوَلَ ، وَمَا مِنْ خُطْوَةٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ خُطْوَةٍ يَمْشِيهَا يَصِلُ بِهَا صَفًّا " .
Awn bin Kahmas reported on the authority of his father Kahmas: we stood for praying at Mina when the Imam had not come out. Some of us sat down (and I too). An old man from Kufah said to me: Why did you down? I said: Ibn Buraidah, this is Sumud (i. e., waiting for the Imam in the standing condition). The old man then narrated a tradition from Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awaajah on the authority of al-Bara bin Azib: We would stand in rows during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a long time before he pronounced Takbir. He further said; Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, sends blessings and the angles invoke blessings for those who are nearer to the front rows. No step is more liking to Allah than a step which one takes to join the row (of the prayer).
