What one should do after the Subh, Maghrib and Asr prayers

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That I sit (after the morning prayer) remembering Allah, proclaiming His greatness, praising Him, glorifying Him and reciting 'La ilaha illallah', and that I do so until the sun rises, is more beloved to me than freeing two or more slaves from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him). And that I do so from after Asr until the sun sets is more beloved to me than freeing four slaves from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him)."

In one narration the words are: "That I keep reciting the takbir, tahlil and tasbih from true dawn until the sun rises is more beloved to me than freeing four slaves from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him); and that I keep remembering Allah from the Asr prayer until the sun sets is more beloved to me than freeing such-and-such a number of slaves from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him)." Ahmad recorded all of these narrations, and al-Tabarani recorded a narration similar to the second one; their chains are hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs the morning prayer in congregation, then sits remembering Allah until the sun rises, then gets up and prays two rak'ahs, returns with the reward of a Hajj and an Umrah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is jayyid (good).

Abdullah bin Amir narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Utbah bin Abd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith to him from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs the morning prayer in congregation in the mosque, then remains in his place until he performs the Duha prayer, receives a reward like that of a person performing Hajj and Umrah whose Hajj and Umrah are complete."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains al-Ahwas bin Hakim, whom al-Ijli and others declared thiqah (trustworthy), while a group declared him da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), and about some of its narrators there is a difference of opinion that does no harm.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed the Fajr prayer, he would not get up from his place until it became possible for him to pray (that is, until the sun had risen). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever, after performing the morning prayer, remains sitting in his place until it becomes possible for him to pray, this is for him of the rank of an accepted Hajj and Umrah (he receives the reward of an accepted Hajj and Umrah)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains al-Fadl bin Muwaffaq, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), while Abu Hatim al-Razi declared his hadith da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

A woman named Amrah narrates: I heard the Mother of the Believers, that is, Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her), say: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever performs the Fajr prayer (the narrator is unsure, perhaps the words are:) performs the morning prayer, and then remains sitting in his place, during which he does not engage in any idle matter relating to worldly affairs but keeps remembering Allah Almighty, until he performs four rak'ahs of the Duha prayer, he comes out of his sins as he was on the day his mother gave birth to him, with no sin upon him."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded something similar in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains al-Tayyib bin Salman, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and al-Daraqutni declared da'if (weak); the rest of Abu Ya'la's narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs the Asr prayer and then sits dictating good (that is, keeps engaging in remembrance of Allah) until the evening comes (that is, the sun sets), this is better than freeing eight persons from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him)."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud recorded a hadith from this Companion other than this narration.
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it.

In a narration of Abu Ya'la the words are: "That I sit with people who keep remembering Allah from the morning until the sun rises is more beloved to me than everything upon which the sun rises." In the narration of Ahmad, the narrator Yazid al-Raqashi is not mentioned.
Abu Ya'la recorded it via al-Mu'alla bin Ziyad from Yazid al-Raqashi; the majority declared Yazid da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That I sit with people who remember Allah after the Fajr prayer, and remain sitting until the sun rises, is more beloved to me than freeing four persons from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him), the blood money of each one of whom is 12,000. And that I remain sitting with people who remember Allah from after the Asr prayer until the sun sets would be more beloved to me than freeing four such persons from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him), the blood money of each one of whom is 12,000."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Abu Dawud recorded this narration in abridged form.
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Muhtasib Abu A'idh, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and others declared da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs the Fajr prayer and then sits remembering Allah until the sun rises, Paradise becomes obligatory for him."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Abu Dawud recorded this narration, abridging these words: "Paradise becomes obligatory for him."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Zabban bin Fa'id, whom the majority declared da'if (weak), while Abu Hatim says: he is salih (acceptable); the rest of its narrators are such that the hadith they narrate is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That I attend the morning prayer in congregation, then sit and keep remembering Allah Almighty until the sun rises, would be more beloved to me than giving fine horses for riding in the way of Allah until the sun rises."
Al-Tabarani recorded it with various chains in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chains are da'if (weak); some of its chains contain Muhammad bin Abi Humayd, and some contain al-Miqdam bin Dawud and another narrator, and all of them are da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That I sit from after the morning prayer until the sun rises (that is, keep remembering Allah) would be more beloved to me than freeing four slaves from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him)."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani also recorded it, except that he recorded these words: "That I keep remembering Allah after performing the morning prayer until the sun rises is more beloved to me than preparing horses to give in the way of Allah until the sun rises." Both chains contain Muhammad bin Abi Humayd, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I heard my maternal grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), say: "Whatever servant performs the morning prayer and then sits remembering Allah until the sun rises, this deed will become a protection for him from Hell."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains al-Hasan bin Abi Ja'far al-Jafri, who is weak with respect to his memory but in himself is saduq (truthful); the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Umayr bin al-Ma'mum narrates: I came to Madinah to visit my cousin, who was the wife of Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both). I attended the morning prayer with Sayyiduna Imam Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Prophet's Mosque. That day was the walimah of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). The messenger of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) came and said: "O son of the Messenger of Allah, today is the walimah of Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr, and he has sent me to you." Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) turned to me and asked: "Has the sun risen?" I replied: "I think it must have risen." He said: "All praise of every kind belongs to Allah Almighty, who has made it rise from its appointed place of rising." Then he related: I heard my father and my maternal grandfather, that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), say: "Whoever, after performing the morning prayer, sits remembering Allah Almighty until the sun rises, Allah Almighty places a barrier between that person and Hell." Then he said: "Get up and come to Ibn al-Zubayr's invitation!" The narrator says: When we reached the door, Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) met him at the door. Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "O son of the Messenger of Allah, today you were late in coming to me." Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I have accepted your invitation, although I am fasting." Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Then here is a gift." Then Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard my father and my maternal grandfather, that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), say: "The gift of the fasting person is fragrance: that he perfumes his beard, perfumes his clothes and spreads it." The narrator says: I said: "O son of the Messenger of Allah, repeat this to me." He said: I heard my father and my maternal grandfather, that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), say: "Whoever keeps coming and going to the mosque learns a decisive verse, or attains an awaited mercy, or acquires some knowledge, or learns some word that increases his guidance or that turns some evil away from him, or that person abandons sins out of fear or modesty."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Sa'id bin Tarif al-Hadhdha', and he is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting, and with him were Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal and Sayyiduna Nu'aym bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them). Meanwhile a messenger from a military expedition he had sent arrived. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have never seen a military expedition that returned more quickly than these men, or that obtained more spoils than they did." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Bakr, shall I not guide you to that in which a man returns more quickly than this and obtains more spoils than this? Whoever performs the morning prayer in congregation and then keeps remembering Allah until the sun rises."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains a narrator Humayd, the freed slave of Ibn Alqamah, and he is da'if (weak).

Ata' bin al-Sa'ib narrates: I came to Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (may Allah have mercy on him); he had performed the morning prayer and was sitting in the mosque. I said to him: "If you were to get up and go to your bed, it would be more comfortable for you." He said: I heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever performs the morning prayer and then remains sitting at his place of prayer, the angels keep invoking mercy upon him, and the angels' supplication for him is: 'O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him!' (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:) And whoever is waiting for the prayer, the angels invoke blessings upon him too, and their supplication for that person is: 'O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him!'"
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and the narrator Ata' bin al-Sa'ib suffered from confusion (ikhtilat).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed the morning prayer, he would sit remembering Allah until the sun rose.
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is mentioned in the Sahih, except that it does not contain these words: "remembering Allah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Mudrik narrates: I passed by Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was sitting after performing the morning prayer. I said: "O Abu Abdullah, why are you sitting?" He said: "I am waiting for the sun to rise."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Mudrik bin Awf al-Bajali, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Ibrahim al-Nakha'i narrates: The person who saw it told me that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) performed the morning prayer and then remained sitting; he did not get up for any prayer until the call to prayer was given for Zuhr, then he got up and prayed four rak'ahs.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; I do not know the teacher of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, and the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.