Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ وَثَابِتٌ وَحُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ فَدَخَلَ الصَّفَّ وَقَدْ حَفَزَهُ النَّفَسُ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيُّكُمْ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ بِالْكَلِمَاتِ فَأَرَمَّ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ بِهَا فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِلَّا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ جِئْتُ وَقَدْ حَفَزَنِي النَّفَسُ فَقُلْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَرْفَعُهَا وَزَادَ حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَمْشِ عَلَى نَحْوِ مَا كَانَ يَمْشِي فَلْيُصَلِّ مَا أَدْرَكَ وَلْيَقْضِ مَا سَبَقَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْإِرْمَامُ السُّكُوتُ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Hammad told us: Qatada, Thabit, and Humayd informed us, from Anas, that a man came and entered the row while out of breath, and said: "Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, and blessed praise." When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, finished his prayer, he said: "Which of you spoke those words?" The people fell silent. He said: "Which of you spoke them? For he said nothing but good." The man said: "I came while out of breath, so I said it." He said: "I saw twelve angels racing to see which of them would raise it up." Humayd added, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When one of you comes, let him walk at his normal pace, and let him pray what he catches of the prayer and complete what he missed." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: al-irmam means silence.