Going Early to the Masjid for Prayers

The final Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said,

“The angels sit at the doors of the Masjids and with them are scrolls in which they record the people (who come in). When the Imam appears, the scrolls are rolled up.”

Abu Umamah was asked,

“Does the one who comes after the Imam still have a Friday Prayer?”

He (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said,

“Certainly, but he is not one of those who is recorded (as coming early).”

Ahmad and al- Tabarani