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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 4791 — I was with some people who differed

حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْغَطَفَانِيُّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ قَوْمٍ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، وَأَنَا أَصْغَرُ الْقَوْمِ، فَبَعَثُونِي إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، لِأَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ وَالنَّاسُ فِي قَائِلَتِهِمْ وَأَسْوَاقِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا الصَّفُّ وَالصَّفُّ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ} [البقرة: ٢٣٨] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ أَوْ لَأُحَرِّقَنَّ بُيُوتَهُمْ»
Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was with some people who differed about the middle prayer (al-salah al-wusta), and I was the youngest of them, so they sent me to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask him about the middle prayer. He said: I went to him and asked him, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lead the Zuhr prayer in the intense midday heat, while people were occupied with their midday rest and their markets, and only one or two rows would pray behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "Guard strictly the prayers, especially the middle prayer, and stand before Allah in humble devotion" [Surah al-Baqarah: 238]. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some people must desist from this, or else I will burn their houses."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الزاي / 4791
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 5، صفحہ 121، حدیث 4808