Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ رَأَى قَوْمًا يُصَلُّونَ فِي مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءَ مِنْ الضُّحَى فَقَالَ أَمَا لَقَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ صَلَاةَ الْأَوَّابِينَ حِينَ تَرْمَضُ الْفِصَالُ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَأُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ.
English Translation
Isma'il ibn Ulayyah told us: Ayyub informed us, from al-Qasim al-Shaybani: that Zayd ibn Arqam saw some people praying in the mosque of Quba during the mid-morning, and he said: Do they not know that prayer at a time other than this hour is better? Indeed the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The prayer of those who turn to Allah is when the young weaned camels feel the heat — and he said on another occasion: and some people were praying.