Hadith 1953

عَنِ الْأَزْرَقِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِالْأَهْوَازِ عَلَى حَرْفِ نَهْرٍ وَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللِّجَامَ فِي يَدِهِ وَجَعَلَ يُصَلِّي، فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّابَّةُ تَنْكُصُ وَجَعَلَ يَتَأَخَّرُ مَعَهَا، فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اخْزِ هَٰذَا الشَّيْخَ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي؟ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَقَالَتَكُمْ، غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِتًّا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةً فَشَهِدْتُ أَمْرَهُ وَتَيْسِيرَهُ، فَكَانَ رُجُوعِي مَعَ دَابَّتِي أَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ تَرْكِهَا فَتَنْزِعُ إِلَى مَأْلَفِهَا فَيَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ، وَصَلَّى أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الْعَصْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ
Azraq bin Qais says: Sayyiduna Abu Barzah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) was at the place of Ahwaz on the bank of a river. He took the reins of his mount in his hand and started the prayer. Meanwhile, the mount began to move backward and he also started moving backward with it. A Khariji man saw this scene and said: O Allah! Humiliate this old man, how is he performing the prayer? When he finished the prayer, he said: I have heard what you said. (The reality is that) I have participated in six or seven or eight expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I have observed his dealings and his leniency, (from which I have deduced that) my moving backward with the mount during the prayer is lighter than if I had left it and it had gone towards its pasture, and that would have caused me hardship. Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) had performed two rak‘ahs of the ‘Asr prayer.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / أبواب الأذ كار الواردة عقب الصلاة / 1953
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