Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 626:31
Musnad Ahmad 626:31
Hadith of al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah (RA)
حديث المغيرة بن شعبة
Hadith 626:31
Yazid narrated to us, Hisham informed us, from Muhammad, who said: I entered the Jami' Mosque, and 'Amr ibn Wahb al-Thaqafi had entered from the other side, so we met near the middle of the mosque. He initiated the conversation with me—and he loved the good he brought to me—so he initiated the conversation with me and said: We were with al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah—and what he brought of the hadith increased him in my estimation in terms of truthfulness—he said: We said: "Did any man from this nation lead the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in prayer other than Abu Bakr al-Siddiq?" He said: "Yes, we were on such-and-such a journey. When it was the time before dawn, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, struck the neck of his riding beast and set off, and I followed him. He disappeared from me for a while, then he came and said: 'Do you have a need?' I said: 'I have no need, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Is there any water?' I said: 'Yes.' So I poured it for him, and he washed his hands, then he washed his face. Then he went to uncover his forearms, and he was wearing a Syrian jubbah (outer garment) of his, and it was tight, so he put his hands in and brought them out from under the jubbah, and he washed his face, and washed his forearms, and wiped over his forelock, and wiped over the turban and the two leather socks (khuffayn). Then we caught up with the people, and the prayer had been established, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf was leading them in prayer, and he had already prayed one rak'ah. I went to inform him, but he forbade me. So we prayed what we caught up with, and we completed what we had missed."
حدثنا يزيد، أخبرنا هشام، عن محمد، قال: دخلت مسجد الجامع، فإذا عمرو بن وهب الثقفي قد دخل من الناحية الأخرى، فالتقينا قريبا من وسط المسجد، فابتدأني بالحديث، وكان يحب ما ساق إلي من خير، فابتدأني بالحديث، فقال: كنا عند المغيرة بن شعبة، فزاده في نفسي تصديقا الذي قرب به الحديث، قال: قلنا: هل أم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجل من هذه الأمة غير أبي بكر الصديق؟ قال: نعم، كنا في سفر كذا وكذا، فلما كان من السحر ، ضرب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عنق راحلته، وانطلق فتبعته، فتغيب عني ساعة، ثم جاء، فقال: " حاجتك؟ " فقلت: ليست لي حاجة يا رسول الله، قال: " هل من ماء؟ " قلت: نعم، فصببت عليه، فغسل يديه، ثم غسل وجهه، ثم ذهب يحسر عن ذراعيه، وكانت عليه جبة له شامية فضاقت، فأدخل يديه، فأخرجهما من تحت الجبة، فغسل وجهه، وغسل ذراعيه، ومسح بناصيته، ومسح على العمامة، وعلى الخفين، ثم لحقنا الناس، وقد أقيمت الصلاة وعبد الرحمن بن عوف يؤمهم، وقد صلى ركعة، فذهبت لأوذنه، فنهاني، فصلينا التي أدركنا، وقضينا التي سبقنا بها.