الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب الأذ كار الواردة عقب الصلاةChapters on the Remembrances after Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ
Chapter on the Two Units After Asr
Hadith 2063
عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ
Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performing two rak'ahs after 'Asr.
Hadith 2064
عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي الصِّدِّيقَةُ بِنْتُ الصِّدِّيقِ حَبِيبَةُ حَبِيبِ اللَّهِ الْمُبْرَأَةُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَلَمْ أُكَذِّبْهَا
Hazrat Masruq says: The Truthful Daughter of the Truthful, the Beloved of the Beloved of Allah, the one exonerated from slander, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform two rak'ahs after Asr. I did not deny his statement.
Hadith 2065
عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ: قَالَتْ لِي عَائِشَةُ: يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي! مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: رَكْعَتَيْنِ) بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ عِنْدِي قَطُّ
Hisham said: My father informed me that Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him: O my nephew! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never omitted two rak'ahs with me after Asr.
Hadith 2066
عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَسْوَدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ وَمَسْرُوقًا يَقُولَانِ: نَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدِي فِي يَوْمٍ إِلَّا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ
Aswad bin Yazid and Masruq both said: We bear witness over Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was with me, he used to perform two rak'ahs of prayer after Asr.
Hadith 2067
عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَتْ: صَلِّ، إِنَّمَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَوْمَكَ أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ
Shurayh says: I asked Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about performing prayer after Asr. She said: Perform the prayer; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only forbade your people, the people of Yemen, from praying at the time when the sun is rising.
Hadith 2068
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: صَلَاتَانِ لَمْ يَتْرُكْهُمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِرًّا وَلَا عَلَانِيَةً رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: There are two prayers which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never abandoned, neither secretly nor openly, that is, two rak'ahs after Asr and two rak'ahs before Fajr.
Hadith 2069
عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ قَالَ: أَجْمَعَ أَبِي عَلَى الْعُمْرَةِ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ خُرُوجُهُ، قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ! لَوْ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى الْأَمِيرِ فَوَدَّعْنَاهُ، قُلْتُ: مَا شِئْتَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى مَرْوَانَ وَعِنْدَهُ نَفَرٌ فِيهِمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَذَكَرُوا الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الَّتِي يُصَلِّيهِمَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرْوَانُ: مِمَّنْ أَخَذْتَهُمَا يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ؟ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِمَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، فَأَرْسَلَ مَرْوَانُ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ: مَا رَكْعَتَانِ يَذْكُرُهُمَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْكِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ؟ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ: مَا رَكْعَتَانِ زَعَمَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَنَّكِ أَخْبَرْتِيهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَتْ: يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لِعَائِشَةَ، لَقَدْ وَضَعَتْ أَمْرِي عَلَى غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِهِ، صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ الظُّهْرَ وَقَدْ أُتِيَ بِمَالٍ، فَقَعَدَ يَقْسِمُهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِالْعَصْرِ، فَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيَّ وَكَانَ يَوْمِي، فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ، فَقُلْنَا: مَا هَٰاتَانِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ أُمِرْتَ بِهِمَا؟ قَالَ: ((لَا، وَلَٰكِنَّهُمَا رَكْعَتَانِ كُنْتُ أَرْكَعُهُمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَشَغَلَنِي قَسْمُ هَٰذَا الْمَالِ حَتَّى جَاءَنِي الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِالْعَصْرِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَهُمَا))، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، أَلَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّاهُمَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً؟ وَاللَّهِ! لَا أَدَعُهُمَا أَبَدًا، وَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: مَا رَأَيْتُهُ صَلَّاهُمَا قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا
Abu Bakr bin Abdur Rahman says: My father intended to perform Umrah. When the time came for his departure, he said to me: O my dear son! If we go to the Amir (Marwan bin Hakam) and bid him farewell (it would be good), I said: As you wish. Then we went to Marwan, and at that time some people were sitting with him, among them was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him). They mentioned those two rak'ahs which Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray after Asr. Marwan said to him: O Ibn Zubair! From whom did you take these two rak'ahs? He said: Yes, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) told me about them on the authority of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Marwan sent a message to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asking about the reality of these two rak'ahs which Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him), through Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), is attributing to you that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform them after Asr? She replied with this message that Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) had told her about it. Upon hearing this, Marwan sent a message to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) asking about the reality of these two rak'ahs regarding which Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) thought that you had told her that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed these two rak'ahs after Asr. She said: May Allah forgive Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she has placed my report in its wrong context. Anyway, the matter is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the Zuhr prayer, and at that time some wealth was brought to him and he sat down to distribute it, until the muezzin came to him with the call for Asr. He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Asr and then came to me, because it was my turn that day. At that time, he prayed two light rak'ahs. We said: O Messenger of Allah! What are these two rak'ahs? Has any new command been given to you regarding them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, the matter is that the two rak'ahs I used to pray after Zuhr, the distribution of wealth kept me busy from them, until the muezzin came to me with the call for Asr, so I disliked leaving them. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allahu Akbar, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed these rak'ahs once, so by Allah, I will not leave them. But Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that she did not see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pray these two rak'ahs before or after this incident.
Hadith 2070
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ ثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ زَعَمَ لِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا يَسْأَلُهَا هَلْ صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَتْ: أَمَّا عِنْدِي فَلَا، وَلَٰكِنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أَنَّهُ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَيْهَا فَاسْأَلْهَا، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، فَقَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَصَلَّى سَجْدَتَيْنِ، قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ! أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ فِي هَٰاتَيْنِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: ((لَا وَلَٰكِنْ صَلَّيْتُ الظُّهْرَ فَشُغِلْتُ فَاسْتَدْرَكْتُهَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ))
Ubaydullah bin Abdullah said that Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) to ask whether the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had ever performed any prayer after Asr. She said: It did not happen with me, but Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) had told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed two rak‘ahs after Asr, so you should send a message to her and ask her. So he sent a message to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said: Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me after Asr and performed these two rak‘ahs. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Has any new command been revealed regarding these two rak‘ahs? He replied: No, the matter is that I became occupied after performing the Zuhr prayer, so now I am making them up after Asr.
Hadith 2071
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا عُبَيْدَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسِ! لَقَدْ ذَكَرْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ أُنَاسًا يُصَلُّونَهَا، وَلَمْ نَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّاهُمَا وَلَا أَمَرَ بِهِمَا؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: ذَٰكَ مَا يَقْضِي النَّاسَ بِهِ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَقَالَ: مَا رَكْعَتَانِ تَقْضِي بِهِمَا النَّاسَ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ رَجُلَيْنِ: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكِ السَّلَامَ، وَيَقُولُ: مَا رَكْعَتَانِ زَعَمَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّكِ أَمَرْتِيهِ بِهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: ذَٰكَ مَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، فَأَخْبَرْنَاهَا مَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ، فَقَالَتْ: يَرْحَمُهَا اللَّهُ، أَوَلَمْ أُخْبِرْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُمَا
Yazid bin Abi Ziyad says: I asked Abdullah bin Harith about the two rak‘ahs after ‘Asr. He said: I and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyiduna Mu‘awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: Ibn ‘Abbas! You have mentioned the two rak‘ahs after ‘Asr, and I have received news that people are performing them, even though we did not see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform this prayer, nor did he command anything of this sort. Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is the matter about which Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) speaks to people, meaning he gives the fatwa to perform them. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. Sayyiduna Mu‘awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: What is the reality of these two rak‘ahs about which you speak to people? He said: Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated this hadith to me from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Mu‘awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent two men to Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) with this message: The Commander of the Faithful sends you greetings and asks about the reality of these two rak‘ahs about which Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) says that you commanded them to be performed after ‘Asr. Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: This is something that Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) informed me about. So we went to Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and told her what Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had said. She responded: May Allah have mercy on ‘A’ishah! Did I not inform her that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade her from this?
Hadith 2072
عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: لَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ قَطُّ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، جَاءَهُ نَاسٌ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، فَشَغَلُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ، قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ دَخَلَ بَيْتِي فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ
It is narrated from the wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I have not seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ever perform prayer after Asr, except on one occasion when people came to him after Zuhr and kept him occupied with some work, so he was unable to perform any prayer after Zuhr until he had performed the Asr prayer. Then, when he came to my house, he performed those two rak‘ahs.
Hadith 2073
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَشُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَكَعَهُمَا فِي بَيْتِي، فَمَا تَرَكَهُمَا حَتَّى مَاتَ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ: فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْهُ، قَالَ قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ ثُمَّ تَرَكْنَاهُ
Abdullah bin Abi Qais says: I asked Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the two rak'ahs after Asr. She said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs after Dhuhr. One day he became occupied and was not able to perform these two rak'ahs until he had already prayed the Asr prayer. Then, when he finished and came to my house, he performed them. After that, he never abandoned them until he passed away. Abdullah bin Abi Qais says: Then when I asked Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) about them, he said: We used to pray this prayer, but later we abandoned it.
Hadith 2074
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ قَالَتْ فَجَاءَتْهُ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ الظُّهْرَ وَشُغِلَ فِي قِسْمَتِهِ حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ صَلَّاهَا
Abdullah bin Abi Musa says: I asked Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the two rak'ahs after Asr. She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent a man to collect charity, and he returned to you at the time of Dhuhr. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Dhuhr prayer and became occupied with distribution, until he performed the Asr prayer, then he offered those two rak'ahs.
Hadith 2075
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ قَالَ: صَلَّى مَعَانَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فَالْتَفَتَ فَإِذَا أُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَدَخَلَ وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَأَوْسَعَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ، فَجَلَسَ مَعَهُ، قَالَ: مَا هَٰذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يُصَلُّونَهَا وَلَمْ أَرَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّيهَا وَلَا أَمَرَ بِهَا؟ قَالَ: ذَٰكَ مَا يُفْتِيهِمُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَدَخَلَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فَسَلَّمَ فَجَلَسَ، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ! مَا هَٰذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي تَأْمُرُ النَّاسَ يُصَلُّونَهَا؟ لَمْ نَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّاهَا وَلَا أَمَرَ بِهَا، قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّاهَا عِنْدَهَا فِي بَيْتِهَا، قَالَ: فَأَمَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ وَرَجُلًا آخَرَ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ عَائِشَةَ فَنَسْأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِمَا أَخْبَرَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْهَا، فَقَالَتْ: لَمْ يَحْفَظِ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، إِنَّمَا حَدَّثْتُهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى هَٰتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ عِنْدِي، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، قُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ تَكُنْ تُصَلِّيهِمَا؟ قَالَ: ((إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَتَانِي شَيْءٌ فَشُغِلْتُ فِي قِسْمَتِهِ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، وَأَتَانِي بِلَالٌ فَنَادَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَحْبِسَ النَّاسَ فَصَلَّيْتُهُمَا))، قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: أَلَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّاهُمَا؟ فَلَا أَدَعُهُمَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ: لَا تَزَالُ مُخَالِفًا أَبَدًا (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: إِنَّكَ لَمُخَالِفٌ، لَا تَزَالُ تُحِبُّ الْخِلَافَ مَا بَقِيتَ)
Abdullah bin Harith says: Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) led the people in the Asr prayer. When he turned around, he saw some people performing prayer after Asr. He went home, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) also went to him, and I was with them. Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) made space for them on a cot, and they sat with him. He asked: What is this prayer that I saw people performing, even though neither did I see the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) perform this prayer, nor did he command it? They said: The one who has given the fatwa for this to the people is Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him). Then he was called, and he came and sat down after greeting. Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Ibn Zubair! What is the reality of this prayer that you command people to perform? We neither saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform this prayer, nor did he command it. He said: Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed this prayer in her house with her. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered me and another man to go to Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and ask her about this. So I went to Sayyida and asked her about it, and I told her what Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) was narrating from her. She said: Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) did not remember correctly. I told him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed two rak’ahs of prayer after Asr with me. I asked him: Today you have performed these two rak’ahs, but you did not use to perform them before? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some wealth was brought to me, and because I was distributing it, I became occupied and missed the two rak’ahs after Dhuhr. In the meantime, Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me and called me for the Asr prayer. At that time, I disliked stopping people because of these two rak’ahs, so now I have performed those two rak’ahs. I returned and informed Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) of the whole matter, but Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed these two rak’ahs, so I will not leave them. Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: You are always opposing; as long as you live, you will continue to prefer opposition.
Hadith 2076
عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاتَتْهُ رَكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدُ
It is narrated from the wife of the Messenger, Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), that two rak'ahs before Asr were missed by the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed them after Asr.
Hadith 2077
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.
