Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الرَّحَبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْأَلْهَانِيَّ قَالَ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ حَابِسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الطَّائِيُّ مِنْ السَّحَرِ وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ مُرَاءُونَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ أَرْعِبُوهُمْ فَمَنْ أَرْعَبَهُمْ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَأَتَاهُمْ النَّاسُ فَأَخْرَجُوهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُصَلُّونَ مِنْ السَّحَرِ فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْمَسْجِدِ.
English Translation
Abu al-Mughirah told us: Hariz ibn Uthman al-Rahabi told us, saying: I heard Abdullah ibn Amir al-Alhani say: Habis ibn Sa'd al-Ta'i entered the mosque before dawn — he had lived to see the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him — and he saw people praying at the front of the mosque, and he said: "Show-offs, by the Lord of the Ka'bah! Frighten them off — whoever frightens them off has obeyed Allah and His Messenger." So the people came to them and drove them out. He said: "Indeed, the angels pray before dawn at the front of the mosque."