Muwatta Malik #315
Prayer in Congregation
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ رَافِعٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ مُصْحَفًا لِحَفْصَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَتْ إِذَا بَلَغْتَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ فَآذِنِّي {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ } فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُهَا آذَنْتُهَا فَأَمْلَتْ عَلَىَّ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Amr ibn
Rafi said, "I was writing a Qur'an for Hafsa, umm al-muminin, and she
said, 'When you reach this ayat, let me know, "Guard the prayers
carefully and the middle prayer and stand obedient to Allah." When I
reached it I told her and she dictated to me, 'Guard the prayers
carefully and the middle prayer and the asr prayer and stand obedient
to Allah.' "
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This hadith is #315 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Prayer in Congregation.