[Machine] I said, "Shall I perform optional prayers three times before going out for prayer, out of fear that I might miss it?" He said, "It is not sufficient except with five or seven." So I informed Mujahid and Yahya bin Al-Jazza about what he said, and they asked me, "Who is the source of this information?" So I asked him, and he said, "Maymuna and Aisha transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ ."  

قُلْتُ أُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي؟ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُ مُجَاهِدًا وَيَحْيَى بْنَ الجَزَّارِ بِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَا لِي سَلْهُعَمَّنْ؟ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] I said, "I perform the optional prayer three times, then I go out for prayer out of fear that I might miss it." He said, "It is only valid with five or seven (rak'ahs)." So I informed Mujahid and Yahya ibn Al-Jazzar of what he said. They both said to me, "Did you not ask him who he heard it from?" So I asked him and he said, "From the reliable narrators, from Maymunah and Aisha, from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ."  

قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي فَقَالَ «لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ» فَأَخْبَرْتُ مُجَاهِدًا وَيَحْيَى بْنَ الْجَزَّارِ بِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَا لِي أَلَا سَأَلْتَهُ عَمَّنْ؟ فَقَالَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] I asked him if I can offer three units of prayer after Isha and then go out for prayer, fearing that I might miss it. He replied, "It is not correct except with five or seven (units of prayer)." So, I asked him from whom did he hear this? He said, "From a trustworthy person, from Maymunah, from Aisha, from the Prophet ﷺ."  

سَأَلْتُهُ أَوْتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي فَقَالَ «لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ» فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّنْ؟ فَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ