Bayhaqi 2097 — Dislike of delaying Asr

It is narrated from Ziyad bin Lahiq: Tamimah bint Salamah told me that she came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) together with some women of Kufah. We said: "O Mother of the Believers! We wish to ask you about the times of the prayers." She said: "Sit down." So we sat. When it was midday, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) stood up and led us in prayer, standing in the middle of our row. When we had finished the prayer, I said: "O Mother of the Believers! In our land we call this time midday." She said: "This is the prayer of us, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then we sat again, and when it was mid-afternoon she led us in the Asr prayer. We said: "O Mother of the Believers! In our cities we call this time mid-afternoon." She said: "This is the prayer of us, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and we do not pray after the sun has turned yellow." We sat once more. Had it been anyone other than Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), we would perhaps have been sure that she would lead the Maghrib prayer even before sunset, but we came to know that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) prayed only when the time had come (after sunset), and she recited aloud in Maghrib.
Some women of Syria asked her permission (to come in), and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Do not give permission to these women of the bathhouses."