Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 30:1769
Musnad Ahmad 30:1769
Musnad Abu Hurairah (RA)
مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه
Hadith 30:1769
Abu Sa‘d narrated to us, Muhammad ibn ‘Ajlan narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have indeed considered ordering my young men to gather firewood, then I would order a man to lead the people in prayer, then I would go to the men who stay behind from the prayer and burn their houses down upon them. By Allah, if one of them knew that he would find a fat piece of meat or two good targets [for shooting] by attending it, he would have attended it. And if they knew what is in it [the prayer], they would have come to it, even if crawling."
حدثنا أبو سعد، حدثنا محمد بن عجلان، عن أبيه، عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: " لقد هممت أن آمر فتياني فيجمعوا حطبا، ثم آمر رجلا يؤم الناس، ثم أخالف إلى رجال يتخلفون عن الصلاة، فأحرق عليهم بيوتهم، وايم الله، لو يعلم أحدهم أن له بشهودها عرقا سمينا، أو مرماتين، لشهدها، ولو يعلمون ما فيها لأتوها ولو حبوا "