Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #959
Gestures
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ: مَرَّ بِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ كُرْسِيًّا، فَجَلَسَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ ابْنَ زِيَادٍ قَدْ أَخَّرَ الصَّلاَةَ، فَمَا تَأْمُرُ؟ فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي ضَرْبَةً، أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: حَتَّى أَثَّرَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَكَ، فَقَالَ: صَلِّ الصَّلاَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ مَعَهُمْ فَصَلِّ، وَلاَ تَقُلْ: قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ، فلا أُصَلِّي.
Abu'l-'Aliyya al-Bara' said, "'Abdullah ibn as-Samit passed by
me and I gave him a chair. He sat down. I told him, 'Ibn Ziyad has delayed
the prayer. What do you command?' He hit my thigh (and I think he said,
'So that it left a mark on me') and then he said, 'I asked Abu Dharr as
you asked me and he hit my thigh as I have hit yours. He said, "Pray the
prayer at the proper time, but if you come across some of them, pray with
them and do not say, 'I have already prayed,' and then not pray."'"
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This hadith is #959 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Gestures.