#730 730 - Yusuf ibn Musa narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, Qudamah ibn Abdillah narrated to us, (H) and Muhammad ibn Ubayd narrated to us, Qudamah ibn Abdillah narrated to us, from Jasrah bint Dajajah al-Amiriyyah—and the wording is that of Ibn Ma’mar—she said: I performed Umrah in the month of Rajab and reached al-Rabadhah at the time of the Afternoon prayer (Asr). They called the Adhan and the Iqamah, then they said: "O Abu Dharr! Come forward and lead the people in prayer." But he refused. Then Abu Dharr called upon a man, but he refused; then he called a second and a third, and they refused, until the sun turned yellow, or was about to turn yellow. Then a man stepped forward and led them in prayer. When he finished and Abu Dharr turned his face toward them, he narrated to them concerning some of their prayers. He said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) led us in the late evening prayer (Isha). When he finished, he stood to pray after the nightfall. Some people stood behind him. When he saw them praying behind him, he returned to his lodging. When he saw that they had left their positions, he returned to it and stood to pray. I came and stood behind him, so he motioned me to his right. Then Ibn Mas’ud came and stood behind me and behind him, so he motioned him to his left. He (the Prophet) then stood between us. Every person was reciting and praying individually. The Prophet (pbuh) was reciting a single verse: "If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants" [Al-Ma'idah: 118] until the end of the verse, until he performed the morning prayer. With it, he would bow, prostrate, stand, supplicate, and sit. Abu Dharr motioned to Abdullah ibn Mas’ud to ask him about what he had done last night, [saying]: "You recite only one verse when Allah has taught you the entire Quran; if someone other than you had done it, we would have taken issue with him." He (Ibn Mas'ud) said: "I am not one to ask him about anything until he initiates it with me." So Abu Dharr asked him, and he (the Prophet) said: "I supplicated for my Ummah (nation)." He asked: "And what were you answered? And what was returned to you?" He said: "Something that, if they were to catch a glimpse of it, many of them would abandon prayer." He (Abu Dharr) said: "Should I not go and give the people glad tidings of that?" So he went off running the distance of a stone's throw. Then Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah! If you send this to the people, they will rely on it and leave worship." He (Abu Dharr) said: "So he (the Prophet) brought me back, and I did not say anything." I say: His saying: "He stood with one verse until morning," is recorded by al-Nasa’i and others, but the rest of it I have not seen.