[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Pray two units (rak'ahs) before Maghrib prayer. Then he said, "Pray two units (rak'ahs) before Maghrib prayer for whoever fears that people may consider it a recommended act."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلُّوا قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلُّوا قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَهَا النَّاسُ سُنَّةً  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Between every two calls to prayer, there are three prayers. Then, in the third call, he said, 'For whoever wishes.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Between every two calls to prayer there is a prayer, between every two calls to prayer there is a prayer, between every two calls to prayer there is a prayer for whoever wants to perform it." This Hadith is mentioned in Sahih narrated by Sa'id al-Jurairi and narrated by Hayaan ibn 'Ubayd Allah from 'Abdullah ibn Buraydah. There is a mistake in its chain of narration and a addition was made that is not supported. In the narration of Husayn al-Mu'allim, there is something that invalidates it and it is testified that there is an error in it.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ لِمَنْ شَاءَ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ وَرَوَاهُ حَيَّانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ وَأَخْطَأَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَأَتَى بِزِيَادَةٍ لَمْ يُتَابَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَفِي رِوَايَةِ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ مَا يُبْطِلُهَا وَيَشْهَدُ بِخَطَئِهِ فِيهَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, with every call to prayer, there are two rak'as except for Maghrib." Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed me that Muhammad bin Ismail narrated to us, Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ishaq said, meaning Ibn Khuzaymah, following the trace of this hadith, Hayyan bin 'Ubaidullah said, "He made a mistake in the chain of narration; because Khamis bin Al-Hasan, Saeed bin Iyas Al-Jurairi, and Abd al-Mumin Al-Ataki narrated the news from Ibn Buraydah from Abdullah bin Mughaffal (excluding his father). This is my knowledge from the kind that Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say, he took the path of Maghrib. When this sheikh saw the news of Ibn Buraydah from his father, he assumed that this news was also from his father. Perhaps when he saw the majority not praying before Maghrib, he assumed that it is not permissible to pray before Maghrib. So he added this word to the news and increased in knowledge that this narration is incorrect. Ibn Al-Mubarak said in his hadith from Khamis, it is as if Ibn Buraydah used to pray two rak'as before Maghrib. If Ibn Buraydah had heard from his father about the Prophet's ﷺ exception, which Hayyan bin 'Ubaidullah mentioned in the narration, that no prayer was performed before Maghrib, then there would be no contradiction with the narration of the Prophet ﷺ .  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ عِنْدَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مَا خَلَا الْمَغْرِبَ 4492 وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ عَلَى أَثَرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ حَيَّانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ هَذَا قَدْ أَخْطَأَ فِي الْإِسْنَادِ؛ لِأَنَّ كَهْمَسَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيَّ وَعَبْدَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْعَتَكِيَّ رَوَوَا الْخَبَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ لَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَذَا عِلْمِي مِنَ الْجِنْسِ الَّذِي كَانَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ يَقُولُ أَخَذَ طَرِيقَ الْمَجَرَّةِ فَهَذَا الشَّيْخُ لَمَّا رَأَى أَخْبَارَ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ تَوَهَّمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ هُوَ أَيْضًا عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَلَعَلَّهُ لَمَّا رَأَى الْعَامَّةَ لَا تُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ تَوَهَّمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يُصَلَّى قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَزَادَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ فِي الْخَبَرِ وَزَادَ عِلْمًا بِأَنَّ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةَ خَطَأٌ أَنَّ ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ كَهْمَسٍ فَكَأَنَّ ابْنَ بُرَيْدَةَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَوْ كَانَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ هَذَا الِاسْتِثْنَاءَ الَّذِي زَادَ حَيَّانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ فِي الْخَبَرِ مَا خَلَا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُخَالِفُ خَبَرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , "Between every call to prayer, there is a prayer. Between every call to prayer, there is a prayer." Then, in the third call, he said, "Whoever wishes to do so." Ibn Buraydah used to pray two units of prayer before Maghrib. Abu Amr al-Adib narrated to us, who informed us Abu Bakr al-Ismaili, who informed us al-Qasim ibn Zakariya, who informed us Abu Kurayb, who informed us Ibn Mubarak and Abu Usamah, from Kahmas, who mentioned this hadith and said, "Between every call to prayer, there are three units of prayer." He said in the third call, "Whoever wishes to do so." Ibn Buraydah used to pray two units of prayer before Maghrib, just like in our narration.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ قَالَ فَكَانَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ 4494 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا أنبأ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ أنبأ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ كَهْمَسٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ ثَلَاثَةً قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ لِمَنْ شَاءَ قَالَ وَكَانَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَذَا فِي رِوَايَتِنَا  

I went to ʿUqba bin 'Amir Al-Juhani and said, "Is it not surprising that Abi Tamim offers two rakʿat before the Maghrib prayer?" ʿUqba said, "We used to do so in the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ." I asked him, "What prevents you from offering it now?" He replied, "Business." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1184)   

عُقْبَةُ أَمَا إِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ الْآنُ؟ قَالَ الشُّغْلُ  

[Machine] Umar used to perform (strike) the prayer after Asr (afternoon prayer). He said, "During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we used to pray two units (Rak'ahs) after the sun had set but before the Maghrib (evening) prayer. So I asked, 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform (pray) these two units?' He replied, 'He used to see us performing (praying) them but he did not command us or forbid us from doing so.'"  

كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَضْرِبُ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ وَكُنَّا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّاهُمَا؟ قَالَ قَدْ كَانَ يَرَانَا نُصَلِّيهِمَا فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا  

When we were in Medina, the moment the Mu'adhdhin made the call to the sunset prayer, the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and prayed two rak'ahs with the result that any stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had been observed owing to the number who were praying then. (Using translation from Muslim 837)   

كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِصَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ ابْتَدَرُوا السَّوَارِيَ وَرَكَعُوا رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ الْغَرِيبَ لِيَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَيَحْسَبُ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ قَدْ صُلِّيَتْ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَنْ يُصَلِّيهَا  

[Machine] The immigrants did not perform two units of prayer before sunset prayer, while the Ansar used to perform them. Anas said that they used to perform them in this way. Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib said that it has been narrated from Abdur Rahman ibn Auf that he said, "We used to perform them," and he was from the immigrants, as if he meant someone else or the majority of them.  

كَانَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ لَا يَرْكَعُونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَرْكَعُونَهَا قَالَ وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ يَرْكَعُهُمَا كَذَا قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا نَرْكَعُهُمَا وَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَكَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ غَيْرَهُ أَوِ الْأَكْثَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ  

[Machine] We used to observe them when we got up between the call to prayer and the establishment of the prayer from Maghrib. And in the narration of Al-Sukkari, when we got up, it means between the two calls to prayer and the establishment of the prayer from Maghrib.  

كُنَّا نَرْكَعُهُمَا إِذَا قُمْنَا بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ السُّكَّرِيِّ إِذَا قُمْنَا يَعْنِي بَيْنَ الْأَذَانَيْنِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ  

[Machine] The senior companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to hasten to pray two units before Maghrib. Sufyan wanted to say what Ibrahim said.  

كَانَ كِبَارُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَبْتَدِرُونَ السَّوَارِيَ يُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ يُرِيدُ سُفْيَانُ بِقَوْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا  

[Machine] We used to not leave the two units of prayer before Maghrib in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

كُنَّا لَا نَدَعُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] I saw the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rushing towards it just as they rush towards the written prayers, meaning the two rak'ahs before Maghrib.  

رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَهُبُّونَ إِلَيْهَا كَمَا يَهُبُّونَ إِلَى الْمَكْتُوبَةِ يَعْنِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ  

[Machine] I bear witness that five individuals, among those who pledged allegiance, were praying two units of prayer before Maghrib under the tree, including Mirdas or the son of Mirdas.  

أَشْهَدُ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ نَفَرٍ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ مِنْهُمْ مِرْدَاسٌ أَوِ ابْنُ مِرْدَاسٍ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ  

[Machine] Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, on whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed, prayed with Abu Bakr after sunset and before the prayer. Then he did not pray with Umar, but he prayed with Uthman. This was mentioned to him, so he said, "I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ , then I prayed with Abu Bakr and left Umar without praying with him, and I prayed with Uthman. He is gentle, and Umar does not see them, so Abu Ayyub did not pray with them, and he prayed with Uthman." And this is the meaning of what was narrated from Suwayd Ibn Ghafalah that he said, "We introduced it during the caliphate of Uthman, after they left it during the time of Umar. And Allah knows best."  

أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ الَّذِي نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ ثُمَّ صَلَّى مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَفَرِقْتُ مِنْ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ أُصَلِّ مَعَهُ وَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ؛ إِنَّهُ لَيِّنٌ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَا يَرَاهُمَا فَلَمْ يُصَلِّهِمَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ مَعَهُ وَصَلَّاهُمَا مَعَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَهَذَا مَعْنَى مَا رُوِيَ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ابْتَدَعْنَاهَا فِي خِلَافَةِ عُثْمَانَ يَعْنِي بَعْدَمَا تَرَكُوهَا فِي عَهْدِ عُمَرَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] I have not seen anyone during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying them (the two rak'ah after 'Asr) and giving permission for them. Abu Dawud said, "I heard Yahya ibn Ma'in saying, 'He (Shu'ayb) is Shu'bah and they are in his name.' The Shaykh (Abu Dawud) said, 'The saying in a similar matter is the saying of the one who witnessed it, not the one who did not witness it. And with Allah is the tawfiq (success).'"  

مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا وَرَخَّصَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يَقُولُ هُوَ شُعَيْبٌ وَهِمَ شُعْبَةُ فِي اسْمِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ الْقَوْلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا قَوْلُ مَنْ شَاهَدَ دُونَ مَنْ لَمْ يُشَاهِدْ وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ