Musnad Ahmad

(Marfu‘ hadith) Ya‘qub narrated to us, my father informed us, from Ibn Ishaq, he narrated to me from Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad, the freed slave of Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: I returned from the Dhuhr prayer with ‘Umar after Hisham ibn Isma‘il had led the people in prayer, as he was the governor of Madinah, to ‘Amr ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Talhah to visit him due to an illness he had. We had not sat down nor asked about him except while standing. He said: Then we left and entered upon Anas ibn Malik in his house, which was next to the house of Abu Talhah. He said: When we sat down, the servant girl came to him and said: The prayer, O Abu Hamzah! He said: We said: Which prayer, may Allah have mercy on you? He said: ‘Asr. He said: So we said: We have just prayed Dhuhr now! He said: He replied: You have delayed the prayer until you forgot it, or he said: You forgot it until you delayed it. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: “I and the Hour have been sent like these two,” and he joined his index and middle fingers.