مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him
Hadith Number 986
Hadith 986
986 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: ثنا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ، صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ، ثُمَّ آمُرَ فِتْيَانِي فَيْخَالِفُوا إِلَي بُيُوتِ أَقْوَامٍ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ، فَيَحْرِقُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِحِزَمِ الْحَطَبِ، وَلَوْ عَلِمَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنَّهُ يَجِدُ مِرْمَاتَيْنِ حَسَنَتَيْنِ، أَوْ عَظْمًا سَمِينًا لَشَهِدَ الصَّلَاةَ»
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I intended to order the prayer to be established, then command a young man to lead the people in prayer, and then go with some men carrying bundles of wood to the houses of those who did not attend the congregational ‘Isha prayer and burn their houses down. If those people knew that they would receive two good types of bones or a bone with meat for attending this prayer, they would surely come to it."
