Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9504 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي نِمْتُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ تَوَضَّأْ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُتَوَضِّئًا وَصَلِّ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُصَلِّيًا قَالَ فَرَأَى أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ لَمْ يَفْهَمْ مِنْ كُبْرِ مَا أَتَى قَالَ فَعَادَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي نِمْتُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَوَضَّأْ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُتَوَضِّئًا وَصَلِّ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُصَلِّيًا» فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى إِذَا خَفَّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي نِمْتُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِأُصْبُعِهِ فَعَصَرَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا قِيلَ لَكَ لِتَعْقِلَ تَوَضَّأْ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُتَوَضِّئًا وَصَلِّ أَحْسَنَ مَا كُنْتَ مُصَلِّيًا»
English Translation
A man came to Abdullah and said: 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, I slept through the Fajr prayer until the sun rose.' Abdullah said: 'Perform wudu as well as you can and pray as well as you can.' The man thought Abdullah had not understood the gravity of what he had done, so he repeated it. Abdullah said: 'Perform wudu as well as you can and pray as well as you can.' The man waited until those around him left, then said it again. Abdullah took his finger, squeezed it, and said: 'You were told so you would understand: perform wudu as well as you can and pray as well as you can.'