نا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ ، نا
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جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ ، قَالَ : كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ ، فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ ، فَأَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلاةَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ، فَرَجَعَ مُعَاذٌ يَؤُمُّهُمْ ، فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ انْحَرَفَ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَصَلَّى وَحْدَهُ ، فَقَالُوا : أَنَافَقْتَ ؟ قَالَ : لا ، قَالَ : وَلآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلأُخْبِرَنَّهُ ، وَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ مُعَاذًا يُصَلِّي مَعَكَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّنَا ، وَإِنَّكَ أَخَّرْتَ الصَّلاةَ الْبَارِحَةَ ، فَجَاءَ ، فَأَمَّنَا فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ ، وَإِنِّي تَأَخَّرْتُ عَنْهُ فَصَلَّيْتُ وَحْدِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَإِنَّا نَحْنُ أَصْحَابُ نَوَاضِحَ ، وَإِنَّمَا نَعْمَلُ بِأَيْدِينَا ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا مُعَاذُ ، أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ ؟ اقْرَأْ سُورَةَ : وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى ، وَسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى ، وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ " . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : قَدْ خَرَّجْتُ طُرُقَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ فِي كِتَابِ الإِمَامَةِ
Hazrat Amr bin Dinar and Abu Zubair narrate that we heard from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), (one of the narrators reports more words than his companion): Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) used to perform (Isha) prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), then would return and lead his people in prayer. And one night, the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) performed the prayer late, so Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) went back and led them in prayer and recited « سورة البقرة ». When one of the people saw him reciting « سورة البقرة », he went to a corner of the mosque and performed the prayer alone. The people said to him, "Have you become a hypocrite?" He replied, "No." He said, "I will surely go to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and inform him of this incident." He went to the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) performs (Isha) prayer with you, then returns and leads us in prayer. Last night, you performed the prayer late, so (after praying with you) he came and led us in prayer and recited « سورة البقرة ». O Messenger of Allah, I stepped back from him and performed the prayer alone, and indeed we work with our hands (so we cannot stand long at night)." The Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "O Mu'adh, are you a cause of tribulation? Recite Surah « وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ » [ سورة الليل ], and « سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى » [ سورة الأعلى ], and « وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ » [ سورة البروج ]." Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I have mentioned other chains of this hadith in the Book of Imamate.