It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I lagged behind with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the expedition of Tabuk. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to relieve himself, then returned to me. I had a small vessel with me, so I poured water over the hands of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) poured water and cleaned his nose. Ya’qub, the narrator, said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rinsed his mouth, after that he washed his face three times. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to wash his arms without taking his hands out of the sleeves of his cloak, but the sleeves were tight, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took his hands out from inside the cloak and first washed the right hand three times and then the left hand three times. Then he wiped over his socks and did not remove them. Then both of them came to the people, but what did they see? The people had put forward Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was leading them in prayer. Since the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) caught one rak’ah with them, he performed the second rak’ah with Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman. When he (Abdur Rahman) finished the prayer with salam, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to complete his prayer. Seeing this, the Muslims became anxious and began to say tasbih abundantly. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) completed his prayer, he turned to them and said: You have done very well and acted correctly. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was admiring the Companions that they had performed the prayer at its earliest time.