Hadith 34826

Chapter 14

باب 14

(14) باب التَّحِيَّةِ وَالإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُ

(14) Chapter: Greeting (prayers upon entering the masjid) while the Imam is preaching
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وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَ سُلَيْكٌ الْغَطَفَانِيُّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَاعِدٌ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَعَدَ سُلَيْكٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَرَكَعْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ " . قَالَ لاَ . قَالَ " قُمْ فَارْكَعْهُمَا " .

Jabir reported that Sulaik Ghatafani came on Friday (for prayer) while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting on the pulpit. Sulaik also sat down before observing prayer. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Have you observed two rak'ahs? He said: No. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Stand and observe them

Reference: Sahih Muslim 875 f

In-book reference: Book 7, Hadith 73

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1902