Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

The uncle of Abdur Rahman bin Aswad narrates that whenever I came to Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) between Maghrib and Isha, I saw him performing prayer, and he used to say that this is a time of heedlessness.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the prayer of Awwabeen is performed after completing Maghrib and before preparing for Isha.

Hazrat Salman says that offer prayers between Maghrib and Isha because this prayer will take the place of your regular devotions and will erase the frivolities and useless activities of the first part of the night, for the frivolities of the early part of the night waste the last part of the night.

Hazrat Waqa bin Iyas narrates that Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair used to offer prayer between Maghrib and Isha, and used to say that this is the awakening of the night.

Hazrat Shurayh used to offer prayer between Maghrib and Isha.

Hazrat Anas used to offer prayer between Maghrib and Isha and used to say that this is the awakening of the night.

Hazrat Hasan bin Muslim used to offer prayers between Maghrib and Isha and used to say that this is night vigil. Hazrat Hasan is of the opinion that Hazrat Tawus did not consider this to be night vigil.

Hazrat Amr says that Hasan did not consider this as staying awake at night.

Hazrat Mujahid and Hazrat Nafi' state that Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to perform prayer between Maghrib and Isha only in Ramadan.

Hazrat Anas, in the commentary of the verse { تَتَجَافَی جُنُوبُہُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ } of the Holy Qur'an, states that he used to offer voluntary prayers between Maghrib and Isha.

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I presented myself in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and I performed the Maghrib prayer with him. After completing Maghrib, he continued to pray until 'Isha.

It was mentioned before Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the prayer between Maghrib and Isha is the prayer of heedlessness, so he said: "You have fallen into heedlessness."

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that whoever offers four rak‘ahs after Maghrib is like the person who, upon returning from one battle, immediately participates in another battle.

Hazrat Asim bin Damrah says that I offered the Maghrib prayer beside Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), then I offered two rak'ahs after Maghrib. When I was about to stand up again, he scolded me and said that after Maghrib there are only two rak'ahs.