Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3337

Urwah said: Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) informed me (the narrator is in doubt; or perhaps the words are:) I was informed that Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed two rak'ahs after Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had forbidden praying after Asr. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and began striking him with the whip. Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) signalled to him to sit down; Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) was in prayer at the time. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sat down, and when Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) finished his prayer, he said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Why did you strike me?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Because you prayed these two rak'ahs, and I have forbidden them." Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I prayed these two rak'ahs with one who is better than you, and he is the Messenger of Allah." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O people, it is not that there is any sin in this for me; rather, I fear that after me people will come who will keep praying from after Asr until Maghrib, until they pass into the hour in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying. That is certain. So pray between Zuhr and Asr. (Then they will say: 'We saw so-and-so and so-and-so praying after Asr.')"
Its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Salih, about whom Abd al-Malik bin Shu'ayb said: "He is thiqah (trustworthy) and ma'mun (reliable)," while Imam Ahmad and others declared him da'if (weak).