Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: I visited Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) in his tent during the caliphate of Abd al-Malik, and I said to him: "I truly hope that Allah Almighty has delayed you only so that you may be a witness over this Ummah."
He said: "Then I bear witness that these people pass their evenings and mornings in opposition to the way of those who came before them, because they do pray, but the prayer has been delayed (from its time)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ikrimah bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Nadr bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 1940
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البزار فى «مسنده» برقم: 6362»