أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا
عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ
هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ طَاوُسٌ
يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: "اتْرُكْهَا قَالَ: إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهَا أَنْ تُتَّخَذُ سُلَّمًا، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَلَا أَدْرِي أَتُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهَا أَمْ تُؤْجَرُ، لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالا مُبِينًا سورة الأحزاب آية 36"، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: "تُتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا، يَقُولُ: يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ".
Hisham bin Hujair said: Imam Tawus, may Allah have mercy on him, used to pray two rak'ahs after the Asr prayer. So, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said to him: Leave it. Imam Tawus, may Allah have mercy on him, said: It was prohibited so that it would not become a means (for something else). Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: Indeed, any prayer after Asr has been forbidden, so I do not know whether you will be punished or rewarded for it, because Allah Almighty says: "It is not for a believing man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should have any choice in their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly gone astray into clear error." [الاحزاب: 36/33] . Sufyan said: «تُتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا» (i.e.) he says to pray from after Asr until night.