Muwatta Malik

Hadith #296

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that a man asked Abdullah ibn Umar, ""Sometimes I pray in my house, and then catch the prayer with the imam. Should I pray with him?"" Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, ""Yes,"" and the man said, ""Which of them do I make my prayer?"" Abdullah ibn Umar said, ""Is that up to you? It is up to Allah. He will decide on whichever of them He wishes