عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ وَعَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ أَمِيرٌ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى بَيْتِ الْمَالِ إِذْ نَظَرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ إِلَى الظِّلِّ فَرَآهُ قَدْرَ الشِّرَاكِ فَقَالَ: إِنْ يُصِبْ صَاحِبُكُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْرُجُ الْآنَ، قَالَ: فَوَاللَّهِ مَا فَرَغَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ حَتَّى خَرَجَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ، يَقُولُ: الصَّلَاةَ
A man says: We were in the mosque of Kufa on Friday. Sayyiduna ‘Umar ibn Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had appointed Sayyiduna ‘Ammar ibn Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) as the governor of Kufa and Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him) as the supervisor of the treasury. Suddenly, Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him), seeing a shadow the size of a strap, said: If your governor is a follower of the Sunnah of the Prophet, he will come right now. The narrator says: By Allah, Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him) had not yet completed his statement when Sayyiduna ‘Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived and said: Pray (perform the prayer).