The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-08a

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The Reciter: Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, al-Fadl, meaning ibn Iyad, narrated to us from Hisham. He said: And Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to me, and the wording is his, he said: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, he said: Hisham ibn Hassan narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Sirin narrated to us, Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

When the words of Iqama are pronounced, none of you should run to it (to join the prayer) but walk with tranquillity and dignity, and pray what you are in time for and complete what has gone before (what the Imam has completed).

إذا ثوب بالصلاة فلا يسع إليها أحدكم ولكن ليمش وعليه السكينة والوقار صل ما أدركت واقض ما سبقك

Sahih Muslim 602d

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The Shaykh : It appears, and Allah knows best, that his saying:

pray what you are in time for and complete what has gone before (what the Imam has completed)

صل ما أدركت واقض ما سبقك

Sahih Muslim 602d

is from the words of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), because this wording differs from the previous wordings

and pray whatever you get (with the people) and complete the rest which you have missed

ما أدركتم فصلوا وما فاتكم فأتموا

Sahih al-Bukhari 635

in address and order. In the first wordings, it says:

So whatever you catch up with, pray

فما أدركتم فصلوا

, so the mention of catching up is placed first. Here it says:

Pray what you catch up with

صل ما أدركت

, so the mention of prayer is placed first. Also, "what preceded" is in the plural form, whereas this is in the singular form. So it appears, and Allah knows best, that when Abu Hurayrah narrated this hadith, he said:

pray what you are in time for and complete what has gone before (what the Imam has completed)

صل ما أدركت واقض ما سبقك

Sahih Muslim 602d

Yes.

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