Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Humaid bin Hilal says that Hazrat Imran bin Husain used to offer two rak'ahs after Jumu'ah. Someone said to him, "O Abu Nujayd! Have you heard what people are saying?" He asked, "What are people saying?" The informer replied, "People say that Hazrat Imran offers two rak'ahs so that the total becomes four rak'ahs!" Hazrat Imran said, "It is more beloved to me that my chest be struck repeatedly with spears than that I do what people are saying about me." After that, on the next Friday, he offered the Jumu'ah prayer, then sat cross-legged and did not offer any prayer until the 'Asr prayer.