Iyad bin Abdullah narrates: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) come while Marwan was delivering the Friday sermon. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up to perform two rak'ahs. The guards came to him to force him to sit down, but he refused to sit and performed the two rak'ahs. When he completed the prayer, I approached him and said: O Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), it was close that these people would have treated you harshly. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: After what I have seen from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this, I will not abandon these two rak'ahs for any other reason. I remember regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a man came while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the Friday sermon. That man entered the mosque in an ordinary state, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: Have you performed the prayer? He replied: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform two rak'ahs." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the people to give charity, so the people gave their garments in charity. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave that man two garments from among them. When the next Friday came, a man came while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Have you performed two rak'ahs? He replied: "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform two rak'ahs." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the people to give charity, so the people gave their garments. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave that man two garments from among them. When the Friday after that came, a man came while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you performed two rak'ahs?" He replied: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform two rak'ahs." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged the people to give charity. The people presented their garments, so that man placed one of his two garments there. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called out to him in a loud voice and said: "Take it back." He took it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Look at this man. On that day, he came in a bad state on Friday. I encouraged the people to give charity, so the people presented their garments and I gave him two garments from among them. Now when he came this Friday, I ordered the people to give charity, so he gave one of his two garments." Sufyan used to say: Charity is that which, after giving it, a person remains well-off. And if that man had given his garment, then he would not have remained well-off.