صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاة
The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى:
Chapter: Prayer in congregation is one of the sunnah of guidance
Hadith 654
This hadith is listed as number 1487 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : " لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنَ الصَّلَاةِ ، إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ قَدْ عُلِمَ نِفَاقُهُ ، أَوْ مَرِيضٌ ، إِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ لَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ ، حَتَّى ي?أْتِيَ الصَّلَاةَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، عَلَّمَنَا سُنَنَ الْهُدَى ، وَإِنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى الصَّلَاةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، الَّذِي يُؤَذَّنُ فِيهِ " .
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: I have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except a hypocrite, whose hypocrisy was well known, or a sick man, but it a sick man could walk between two persons (i. e. with the help of two persons with one on each side) he would come to prayer. And (further) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us the paths of right guidance among which is prayer in the mosque in which the Adzan is called.
