Hadith 2604

Chapter 234

باب 234

(234) باب الدُّنُوِّ مِنَ الإِمَامِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ

(383) Chapter: Coming Close To The Imam During The Admonition (ES)
719
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي بِخَطِّ يَدِهِ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " احْضُرُوا الذِّكْرَ وَادْنُوا مِنَ الإِمَامِ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لاَ يَزَالُ يَتَبَاعَدُ حَتَّى يُؤَخَّرَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ دَخَلَهَا " .

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Attend the sermon (on Friday) and sit near the imam, for a man keeps himself away until he will be left behind at the time of entering Paradise though he enters it. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 1108 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 2, Hadith 719 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 3, Hadith 1103 (ES)