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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب الأذ كار الواردة عقب الصلاةChapters on the Remembrances after Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِChapter on the Two Units After Asr
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عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَيْمُونَةَ (زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ رَجُلًا آخَرَ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُجَهِّزُ بَعْثًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ ظَهْرٌ، فَجَاءَ ظَهْرٌ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَجَعَلَ يُقَسِّمُهُ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَحَبَسُوهُ حَتَّى أَرْهَقَ الْعَصْرَ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، فَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَصَلَّى مَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَهَا، وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَوْ فَعَلَ شَيْئًا يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُدَاوِمَ عَلَيْهِ
Abdullah bin Harith says: Sayyiduna Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) led the Asr prayer and sent (a man) to the wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), and then sent another man after him. Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was preparing an army, and he did not have mounts, but in the meantime, mounts from charity were brought to him. He began distributing them among the companions, and they detained him until the time for Asr came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two or more rak‘ahs, as many as Allah willed, before Asr (but on that day he could not perform those rak‘ahs). Therefore, when he returned after praying Asr, he performed that earlier prayer. The real matter was that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed a prayer or did any act, he liked to be consistent in it.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … On the basis of other evidences, two matters from this hadith are authoritative: the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) performing two rak‘ahs after ‘Asr, and the statement of Sayyidah ‘A’ishah (radi Allahu anha) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) performed a prayer or began any other action, he liked to maintain continuity in it. A few pages earlier, under the heading “The Virtue of Voluntary (nafl) Prayers and the Explanation That They Make Up for Deficiencies in Obligatory (fard) Prayers,” it has already been mentioned that, according to the reconciliation and harmonization of Imam Shawkani, the two sunnah rak‘ahs before ‘Asr are also included among the regular sunnah prayers (sunan al-rawatib). Therefore, just as when the sunnah prayers before Fajr and Dhuhr are missed and are performed later, the same ruling will apply to the case of ‘Asr.
