Musnad Ahmad 18134

Translation

✧ We were with al-Mughira b. Shu'ba, and he was asked: 'Did anyone of this ummah lead the Prophet ﷺ in prayer other than Abu Bakr?' He said: 'Yes. We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and when it was the time before dawn, he struck the neck of my mount. I thought he had a need, so I turned aside with him. We went until we were apart from the people. He dismounted from his mount, then went and disappeared from me until I could not see him. He stayed for a long time, then came and said: 'Do you need anything, O Mughira?' I said: 'I have no need.' He said: 'Do you have water with you?' I said: 'Yes.' I went to a water-skin, or a small water-skin, hanging on the back of the saddle, and brought him water. He poured it over his hands and washed them well—he said: And I am uncertain whether he said: he rubbed them with dust or not—then he washed his face. Then he went to uncover his arms, and he had on a narrow-sleeved Syrian jubbah, and it was too tight, so he brought his hands out from beneath it, and washed his face and hands—he said: Does the hadith mention washing the face twice? He said: I do not know whether it was so or not—then he wiped his forelock, wiped over the turban, and wiped over the leather socks. We mounted and caught up with the people, and the prayer had been established. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf had gone ahead of them and had led them in one rak'ah while they were in the second. I went to inform him, but he stopped me. We prayed the rak'ah that we caught, and made up the rak'ah that we had missed.

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