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ahmad:26651Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Saʾalt ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > al-Rakʿatayn Baʿd al-ʿAṣr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray these two prayers. Muawiya went to Aisha and I was with them, so we asked her about it, and she said, "I did not hear it from the Prophet ﷺ , but Umm Salamah told me about it, so I asked her." Umm Salamah said that the Prophet ﷺ prayed the Dhuhr prayer, then something was brought to him, and he kept dividing it until the Asr prayer came, so he stood up and prayed the Asr prayer, and then he prayed two extra rak'ahs after it. When he finished them, he said, "I used to pray these two rak'ahs after Dhuhr." Umm Salamah said, "I already informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade them." So I went to Muawiya and informed him of that, and Ibn Zubayr said, "Didn't he pray them continuously?" Muawiya said to him, "You are always opposing, you keep loving disagreement as long as you live."  

أحمد:٢٦٦٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَحَدَّثَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا فَأَرْسَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَسَأَلْنَاهَا فَقَالَتْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَكِنْ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَسَأَلْتُهَا فَحَدَّثَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِشَيْءٍ فَجَعَلَ يَقْسِمُهُ حَتَّى حَضَرَتْ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّاهَا قَالَ هَاتَانِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَلَقَدْ حَدَّثْتُهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْهُمَا قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَفَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّاهُمَا لَا أَزَالُ أُصَلِّيهِمَا فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِنَّكَ لَمُخَالِفٌ لَا تَزَالُ تُحِبُّ الْخِلَافَ مَا بَقِيتَ