قُرِئَ عَلَى قُرِئَ عَلَى أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنِيعٍ ، وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ ، حَدَّثَكُمْ شُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ، نا هُشَيْمٌ ، أنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ الْبُنَانِيُّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِالْمَغْرِبِ ابْتَدَرُوا السَّوَارِيَ يُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ ، فَيَجِيءُ الْجَائِي فَيَظُنُّ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ صَلَّوُا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ لِكَثْرَةِ مَنْ يَرَى مَنْ يُصَلِّيهَا " .
Abdul Aziz Lubnani narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik saying that it was the practice of the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that when the muezzin would give the call to prayer for Maghrib, they would hasten towards the pillars so that they could perform two rak'ahs before Maghrib. If someone had been there at that time and seen the number of people performing these two voluntary prayers, he would have thought that perhaps the obligatory prayer had already been offered.