سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الصَّلاَةِ في أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ:
Chapter: Recommendation to pray at the beginning of the time
Hadith 1259
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَيْزَارٍ أَخْبَرَنِي، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ، يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنِي صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ، وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى دَارِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ: "الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مِيقَاتِهَا".
Abu Bakr Shaybani says: The owner of this house narrated a hadith to me, and he pointed towards the house of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), that he (Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the best or most beloved to Allah? He replied: To perform the prayer at its (earliest) appointed time.
Hadith 1260
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ هُوَ ابْنُ النُّعْمَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ سَبْعَةٌ: مِنَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ عَرَبِنَا وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ مَوَالِينَا أَوْ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْ عَرَبِنَا وَثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ مَوَالِينَا، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ بَعْضِ حُجَرِهِ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: "مَا يُجْلِسُكُمْ هَهُنَا ؟"قُلْنَا: انْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: فَنَكَتَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَنَكَسَ سَاعَةً . ثُمَّ رَفَعَ إِلَيْنَا رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: "هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا يَقُولُ رَبُّكُمْ ؟"، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ: "مَنْ صَلَّى الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَأَقَامَ حَدَّهَا، كَانَ لَهُ بِهِ عَلَيَّ عَهْدٌ أُدْخِلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، وَلَمْ يُقِمْ حَدَّهَا، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عِنْدِي عَهْدٌ، إِنْ شِئْتُ أَدْخَلْتُهُ النَّارَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتُ أَدْخَلْتُهُ الْجَنَّةَ".
Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to us in the mosque. We were seven people: three were Arabs and four were Mawali (freed slaves), or four were Arabs and three were Mawali. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came from his chamber and sat with us. He said: "For what reason are you sitting here?" We replied: "We are waiting for the prayer." The narrator said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) lowered his head and began to scratch the ground for a while, then he raised his blessed head and said: "Do you know what your Lord says?" We replied: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Allah the Exalted says: Whoever performs the prayer at its (appointed) time and fulfills its conditions and pillars properly, then My promise is that I will admit him to Paradise. And whoever does not perform the prayer at its time nor fulfills its conditions and pillars, I have no covenant or promise with him; if I wish, I will admit him to Hell, or if I wish, I will admit him to Paradise."
