Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz one day deferred the prayer. 'Urwa b. Zubair came to him and informed him that one day as Mughira b. Shu'ba was in Kufa (as its governor), he deferred the prayer, Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari came to him and said: What is this, O Mughira? Did you know that it was Gabriel who came and said prayer and (then) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the prayer (along with him), then (Gabriel) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also prayed, then (Gabriel) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also prayed, then (Gabriel) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed (along with him). then Gabriel prayed and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also prayed (along with him) and then said: This is how I have been ordered to do. 'Umar (b. 'Abd al-'Aziz) said. O 'Urwa be mindful of what you are saying that Gabriel (peace be upon him) taught the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the times of prayer. Upon this 'Urwa said: This is how Bashir b. Abu Mas'ud narrated on the authority of his father  

مَا هَذَا يَا مُغِيرَةُ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِهَذَا أُمِرْتُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِعُرْوَةَ انْظُرْ مَا تُحَدِّثُ يَا عُرْوَةُ أَوَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ هُوَ أَقَامَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقْتَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

[Machine] "What is this, O Mughira? Did you not know that Jibril descended and prayed, and then the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) prayed, and then Jibril said, 'I have been commanded with this?'"

So Umar said to Urwah ibn Zubayr, "Do you know what you are saying, O Urwah? Is it that Jibril himself establishes the prayer time for the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)?"

Urwah said, "That is how Bashir ibn Abi Mas'ood used to narrate from his father."  

مَا هَذَا يَا مُغِيرَةُ؟ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِهَذَا أُمِرْتُ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِعُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ اعْلَمْ مَا تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ يَا عُرْوَةُ أَوَ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَقَامَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

[Machine] His father, Abu Mas'ud, said: "By Allah, O Mu'gheerah, you must know that Jibril (Gabriel), ﷺ , came down and the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , prayed and the people prayed with him. Then he came down again and the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , prayed and the people prayed with him, until he counted five prayers." So, Umar said to him: "Look at what you are saying, O Urwah, and indeed Jibril is the one who determines the time of prayer." So Urwah said to him: "That is what Bishr ibn Abu Mas'ud narrated to me." He said: "So Umar continued to know the time of prayer by a sign until he departed from this world."  

لَهُ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ «أَمَا وَاللهِ يَا مُغِيرَةُ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أُنْزِلَ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى النَّاسُ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى النَّاسُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى عَدَّ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ» فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ يَا عُرْوَةَ وَإنَّ جِبْرِيلَ هُوَ سَنَّ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ كَذَلِكَ حَدَّثَنِي بَشِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ عُمَرُ يَعْلَمُ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ بِعَلَامَةٍ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا  

[Machine] Urwa Massa Al-Mughira was praying Asr in Kufa when Abu Mas'ood Al-Ansari entered upon him and said, "What is this, O Mughira? By Allah, you surely knew that Jibril came down and led the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in prayer, and then the people prayed five prayers, as he said, and then he said, 'This is what I have been commanded to do.'" Umar said to Urwa, "Know what you are saying, for it was Jibril who established the time for prayer." Urwa said, "That is how Bashir bin Abu Mas'ood related it from his father."  

عُرْوَةُ مَسَّى الْمُغِيرَةُ بِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أبو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا مُغِيرَةُ؟ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ لَقَدْ نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى النَّاسُ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ يَقُولُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَكَذَا أُمِرْتُ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِعُرْوَةَ اعْلَمْ مَا تَقُولُهُ فَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَقَامَ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

"عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ قَالَ: كنَّا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فَأَخَّرَ صَلَاةً مَرَّةً (يَعْنِى الْعَصْرَ) وَهُوَ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْه أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِىُّ، فَقَالَ أَمَا وَالله يَا مُغيرَةُ؟ ! لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ نَزَلَ (فَصَلَّى) فَصَلِّى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَصَلَّى النَّاسُ معَه، ثمَ نَزَل فَصَلَّى، فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ وَصَلَّى النَّاسُ مَعَهُ، حَتَّى عَدَّ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا أُمِرْتُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ يَا عُرْوَةُ، أوَ أنَّ جِبْرِيلَ هُوَ أَقَامَ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقَالَ: عُرْوَةُ: كَذَلِكَ كَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ أبِى مَسْعُودٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ".