´It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:` “There will be leaders who will be distracted by matters and they will delay the prayer until after its proper time. So make your prayer with them voluntary.”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
433. Commentary:
➊ That is, if a follower of the Sunnah is able to maintain his individuality and, while establishing the proof against such people, does not join them, then it is permissible. And if he joins and prays again, there is also no harm in that. This will be considered a voluntary (nafl) prayer, as has been mentioned in the preceding hadiths.
➋ In the first chain of narration of this hadith, there is a narrator: "the son of the sister (nephew) of 'Ubadah ibn Samit." However, the correct view is that he is the son of his wife, as is mentioned in the second chain.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 433