حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْمَرْوَرُوذِيُّ ، نا أَبِي ، نا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ ، عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : " صَلَّيْنَا الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " ، قُلْنَا لأَنَسٍ : رَآكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : " رَآنَا فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا " .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: During the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), we used to perform two rak‘ahs (units of prayer) before Maghrib. The narrator says: We asked Sayyiduna Anas: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) see you performing this prayer? So Sayyiduna Anas replied: "The Prophet saw us performing this prayer, but he neither ordered us to perform it nor ever forbade us from it."