Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 574 – Volume 1, Book 10

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Volume 1, Book 10, Number 574:
Narrated Qurra bin Khalid:
Once he waited for Al-Hasan and he did not show up till it was about the usual time for him to
start his speech; then he came and apologized saying, "Our neighbors invited us." Then he added,
"Narrated Anas, 'Once we waited for the Prophet till it was midnight or about midnight. He came and
led the prayer, and after finishing it, he addressed us and said, 'All the people prayed and then slept
and you had been in prayer as long as you were waiting for it." Al-Hasan said, "The people are re –
garded as performing good deeds as long as they are waiting for doing good deeds." Al-Hasan's state –
ment is a portion of Anas's Hadith from the Prophet .