Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:7850 حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَوَجَدَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ سَأَلَ الَّذِي إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَيُخْبِرُهُ بِمَا فَاتَهُ لِيَقْضِيَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى أَتَى مُعَاذٌ يَوْمًا فَأَشَارُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ فَاتَكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَبَى أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ صَلَّى بَعْدَ مَا فَاتَهُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَحْسَنَ مُعَاذٌ وَأَنْتُمْ فَافْعَلُوا كَمَا فَعَلَ»
English Translation
Abu Umamah said: When people used to enter the mosque and find others praying, a man would ask the one next to him (how much he had missed) and he would tell him so he could make up what he missed and then join the congregation. Then Mu'adh came one day and they gestured to him that he had missed such-and-such. He refused to pray (the missed part first) and instead joined the prayer, then prayed what he had missed afterward. This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), who said: "Mu'adh did well. You should do as Mu'adh did."