We were with Mughira bin Shuba when he was asked, "Did anyone from this community lead the Prophet ﷺ in prayer other than Abu Bakr?"He said, "Yes."What further confirmed his statement for me was the hadith he then related. He said, "We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. In the last part of the night, he struck the heel of my mount, and I thought he needed something, so I turned aside with him. We went on until we were out of sight of the people. He dismounted, then went off and disappeared from my view so that I could no longer see him. He remained away for a long time, then he came back and said, 'Do you have any need, Mughira?'I said, 'I have no need.'He asked, 'Do you have any water with you?'I said, 'Yes.'I got up and went to a waterskin, or he said a leather flask, hanging at the back of the saddle, and I brought it to him. I poured water over him, and he washed his hands, washing them thoroughly."The narrator said, "I am uncertain whether he said he rubbed them with earth or not. Then he washed his face. Then he went to roll up his sleeve, but he was wearing a Syrian cloak with narrow sleeves, and they were too tight, so he pulled his arms out from beneath it and washed his face and his arms."The narrator said, "In the hadith it comes that he washed his face twice, but I do not know whether it was so or not. Then he wiped over his forelock, wiped over the turban, and wiped over the leather socks. Then we mounted and caught up with the people, and the prayer had already been started. Abdul-Rahman bin Awf had stepped forward to lead them, and he had already prayed one rakah with them, and they were in the second. I went to inform him, but he forbade me. So we prayed the rakah we had caught, and we made up the one we had missed."
حدثنا إسماعيل أخبرنا أيوب عن محمد بن سيرين
كنا عند المغيرة بن شعبة فسئل هل أم النبي ﷺ أحد من هذه الأمة غير أبي بكر قال نعم قال فزاده عندي تصديقا الذي قرب به الحديث قال كنا مع النبي ﷺ في سفر فلما كان من السحر ضرب عقب راحلتي فظننت أن له حاجة فعدلت معه فانطلقنا حتى برزنا عن الناس فنزل عن راحلته ثم انطلق فتغيب عني حتى ما أراه فمكث طويلا ثم جاء فقال حاجتك يا مغيرة قلت ما لي حاجة فقال هل معك ماء قلت نعم فقمت إلى قربة أو قال سطيحة معلقة في آخرة الرحل فأتيته بها فصببت عليه فغسل يديه فأحسن غسلهما قال وأشك أقال دلكهما بتراب أم لا ثم غسل وجهه ثم ذهب يحسر عن يده وعليه جبة شامية ضيقة الكم فضاقت فأخرج يديه من تحتها إخراجا فغسل وجهه ويديه قال فيجيء في الحديث غسل الوجه مرتين فلا أدري أهكذا كان أم لا ثم مسح بناصيته ومسح على العمامة ومسح على الخفين ثم ركبنا فأدركنا الناس وقد أقيمت الصلاة فتقدمهم عبد الرحمن بن عوف وقد صلى بهم ركعة وهم في الثانية فذهبت أوذنه فنهاني فصلينا الركعة التي أدركنا وقضينا التي سبقنا