Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: Two men went out for travel when the time of prayer arrived, but they did not have water with them. They performed dry ablution with clean earth and prayed; later, they found water. One of them repeated his ablution and prayer, while the other did not repeat them. They came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him. The Prophet said to the one who did not repeat his prayer, “You have followed the Sunnah correctly, and you will be rewarded for your prayer,” and the Prophet said to the one who repeated his prayer, “You have a double reward.”
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 338
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
Imam al-Qari commented, “’You have a double reward,’ that is, you will be rewarded twice for your prayer, as they were both correct and deserving of compensation, for Allah never wastes the wages of those who do good. This indicates that more caution with deeds is better.”
Source: Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ 2/485
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَجُلَانِ فِي سَفَرٍ فَحَضَرَتْ الصَّلَاةُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا مَاءٌ فَتَيَمَّمَا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَصَلَّيَا ثُمَّ وَجَدَا الْمَاءَ فِي الْوَقْتِ فَأَعَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا الصَّلَاةَ وَالْوُضُوءَ وَلَمْ يُعِدْ الْآخَرُ ثُمَّ أَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لِلَّذِي لَمْ يُعِدْ أَصَبْتَ السُّنَّةَ وَأَجْزَأَتْكَ صَلَاتُكَ وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي تَوَضَّأَ وَأَعَادَ لَكَ الْأَجْرُ مَرَّتَيْنِ
338 سنن أبي داود كتاب الطهارة باب في المتيمم يجد الماء بعد ما يصل في الوقت
508 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح في هداية الرواة
قال الملا على القاري لَكَ الْأَجْرُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَيْ لَكَ أَجْرُ الصَّلَاةِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِنَّ كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا صَحِيحَةٌ تَتَرَتَّبُ عَلَيْهَا مَثُوبَةٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضَيِّعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا وَفِيهِ إِشَارَةٌ إِلَى أَنَّ الْعَمَلَ بِالْأَحْوَطِ أَفْضَلُ
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