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ahmad:25546ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah / Ibn Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Qays > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah > al-Rakʿatayn Baʿd al-ʿAṣr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray two Rak'ahs after Dhuhr prayer, but he became preoccupied with something until he prayed Asr prayer. When he had finished the two Rak'ahs, he prayed them in my house and did not leave them until he passed away. Abdullah ibn Abu Qays said, "So I asked Abu Hurairah about it, and he said, 'We used to do it, but then it stopped.'"  

أحمد:٢٥٥٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ؟ فَقَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَشُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَكَعَهُمَا فِي بَيْتِي فَمَا تَرَكَهُمَا حَتَّى مَاتَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَدْ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ ثُمَّ قَدْ