The reciter: Muhammad ibn al-Humaydi al-Humaydi, Abu Kuraib, narrated to us, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us from al-A'mash from Ibrahim from al-Aswad and 'Uqbah:
They said: We went to 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud in his house, and he said, "Did these people pray behind you?" We said: "No." He said: "Then stand up and pray." He did not order us to make the adhan or the iqamah. He said: We went to stand behind him, but he took us by the hands and placed one of us on his right and the other on his left. He said: When he bowed, we placed our hands on our knees. He said: He struck our hands and pressed his palms together, then placed them between his thighs. He said: When he finished the prayer, he said: "There will be rulers over you who delay the prayer from its appointed time and suppress it until the east of the dead. When you see them doing that, pray the prayer at its appointed time and make your prayer with them a remembrance. If you are three, pray together. If you are more than that, let one of you lead you. When one of you bows, let him spread his arms on his thighs, let him lower his head, and let him press his palms together. It is as if I am looking at the separation of the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so I showed them."
قالا أتينا عبد الله بن مسعود في داره فقال أصلى هؤلاء خلفكم فقلنا : لا قال : فقوموا فصلوا فلم يأمرنا بأذان ولا إقامة قال وذهبنا لنقوم خلفه فأخذ بأيدينا فجعل أحدنا عن يمينه والآخر عن شماله قال فلما ركع وضعنا أيدينا على ركبنا قال فضرب أيدينا وطبق بين كفيه ثم أدخلهما بين فخذيه قال : فلما صلى قال : إنه ستكون عليكم أمراء يؤخرون الصلاة عن ميقاتها ويخنقونها إلى شَرَقِ الموتى فإذا رأيتموهم قد فعلوا ذلك فصلوا الصلاة لميقاتها واجعلوا صلاتكم معهم سبحة وإذا كنتم ثلاثة فصلوا جميعا وإذا كنتم أكثر من ذلك فليؤمكم أحدكم وإذا ركع أحدكم فليفرش ذراعيه على فخذيه وليجنأ وليطبق بين كفيه فلكأني أنظر إلى اختلاف أصابع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فأراهم
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