Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5601 — Friday when the imam delays it until

Qasim bin Abd al-Rahman narrates from his father that once al-Walid bin Uqbah delayed the prayer in Kufah. I was sitting with my father in the mosque when Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, announced the prayer and led the people in prayer. Al-Walid bin Uqbah sent for him and asked him: "Why did you do this? If an order has come to you from the Commander of the Believers, then we hear it and act upon it; and if not, then have you committed an innovation (bid'ah) today?" Sayyiduna Abdullah said: "No order has come to me from the Commander of the Believers, and I seek refuge with Allah from committing an innovation. Allah and His Messenger refuse that we should keep waiting for you with our prayer while you are busy with your own affairs."