حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَلاءِ ، نا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ ، نا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ إِذَا أُذِّنَ بِالْمَغْرِبِ ابْتَدَرَ الْقَوْمُ السَّوَارِيَ يُصَلُّونَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الْغَرِيبَ لَيَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَيَرَى أَنَّ الصَّلاةَ قَدْ صُلِّيَتْ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَنْ يُصَلِّيهَا " .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In Madinah Munawwarah, it was our practice that when the adhan for Maghrib was called, we would quickly rush towards the pillars and perform two rak‘ahs (as nafl before the obligatory prayer), to the extent that if a stranger entered the mosque, he would think that the prayer had already been performed, because those performing these two rak‘ahs were so many in number.