حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ
يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ
عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ، فَقَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَحَدَّثَ , عَنْ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ , أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا ، فَأَرْسَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ ، فَسَأَلْنَاهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , وَلَكِنْ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ , فَسَأَلْتُهَا ، فَحَدَّثَتْ
أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ , أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ ، ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِشَيْءٍ ، فَجَعَلَ يَقْسِمُهُ حَتَّى حَضَرَتْ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ ، فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّاهَا ، قَالَ :
" هَاتَانِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ " , فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ : وَلَقَدْ حَدَّثْتُهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهُمَا , قَالَ : فَأَتَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ : أَلَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّاهُمَا ، لَا أَزَالُ أُصَلِّيهِمَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ : إِنَّكَ لَمُخَالِفٌ ، لَا تَزَالُ تُحِبُّ الْخِلَافَ مَا بَقِيتَ.
Abdullah bin Harith says that once we were with Muawiyah when Ibn Zubair narrated this hadith from Aisha that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs after Asr. Muawiyah sent some people to Aisha, among whom I was also included. We asked her, and she replied that she herself had not heard this from the Prophet (peace be upon him), but she had been informed about it by Umm Salamah. Muawiyah then sent a messenger to Umm Salamah. Umm Salamah said, "The actual matter is that once the Prophet (peace be upon him) led the Zuhr prayer, and some wealth had arrived that day. The Prophet (peace be upon him) sat down to distribute it until the mu'adhdhin began to give the adhan for Asr. The Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed the Asr prayer and came to my house, as it was my turn that day, and he prayed two short rak'ahs there. I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what are these two rak'ahs which you have been commanded to pray?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, 'No, rather these are the rak'ahs which I used to pray after Zuhr, but I became so occupied with the distribution of wealth that the mu'adhdhin came to inform me of the Asr prayer, so I did not think it appropriate to leave them (so I prayed them now).' Upon hearing this, Ibn Zubair said 'Allahu Akbar' and said, 'Does this not prove that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed them at least once? By Allah, I will never leave them.' Muawiyah said, 'You always oppose, and as long as you live, you will continue to prefer opposition.'"