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[Machine] We used to initiate them both during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Shu'bah then said, "I asked him more than once and he said, 'We used to initiate them both and he did not say during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

أحمد:١٢٣١٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي فَزَارَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَبْتَدِرُهُمَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ فَقَالَ كُنَّا نَبْتَدِرُهُمَا وَلَمْ يَقُلْ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ