[Machine] From his father, Muttir, and Muttir was present, confirming his story. He said, "How did I inform you?" He said, "O my father, you informed me that you met the man with two wooden hands, so you informed me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed two units of prayer with them during one of the evening prayers, and it was Asr prayer. Then, he quickly left with the people while they were saying, 'The prayer was shortened, the prayer was shortened.' So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and Abu Bakr and Umar followed him, and they were both his first followers. Then, the man with two wooden hands caught up with him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, the prayer was shortened, the prayer was shortened, or did you forget?' So, he said, 'The prayer was not shortened, and I did not forget.' Then, he turned to Abu Bakr and Umar and said, 'What does the man with two wooden hands say?' They said, 'He is speaking the truth, O Messenger of Allah.' So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned and the people were pleased, so he prayed two units of prayer, then he made the greeting (salam), then he prostrated for the two prostrations of forgetfulness. Abu Sulaiman said, 'I narrated this for six or seven years, then I made the greeting (salam), and I doubted it, while it was my most memorized (hadith).'"  

عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُطَيْرٍ ومُطَيْرٌ حَاضِرٌ يُصَدِّقُهُ مَقَالَتَهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ كُنْتُ أَخْبَرْتُكَ؟ قَالَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَخْبَرْتَنِي أَنَّكَ لَقِيَكَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ بِذِي خُشُبٍ فَأَخْبَرَكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ إِحْدَى صَلَاتَيِ الْعَشِيِّ وَهِيَ الْعَصْرُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَخَرَجَ سَرَعَانُ النَّاسِ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ أَقَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَقَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ؟ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاتَّبَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَهُمَا مُبْتَديِه فَلَحِقَهُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَقَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَقَصُرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَمْ نَسِيتَ؟ فَقَالَ مَا قَصُرَتْ الصَّلَاةُ وَلَا نَسِيتُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَا يَقُولُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَا صَدَقَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَثَابَ النَّاسُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ قَالَ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثْتُ سِتَّ سِنِينَأَوْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَشَكَكْتُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ أَكْثَرُ حِفْظِي  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in one of the evening (‘Asha) prayers, noon or afternoon. He led us in two Rak’ahs and gave the salutation. He then got up going towards a piece of wood which was placed in the front part of the mosque. He placed his hands upon it, one on the other, looking from his face as if he were angry. The people came out hastily saying: the prayer has been shortened. Abu Bakr and ‘Umar were among the people, but they were too afraid to speak to him. A man whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would call “ the possessor of arms” (Dhu al-Yadain) stood up (asking him): Have you forgotten. The Messenger of Allah, or has the prayer been shortened? He said: I have neither forgotten nor has it been shortened. He said : Messenger of Allah , you have forgotten. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned towards the people and asked : did the possessor of arms speak the truth? They made a sign , that is, yes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to his place and prayed the remaining two Rak’ahs, then gave the salutation; he then uttered the takbir and prostrated himself as usual or prolonged. He then raised his head and uttered the takbir; then he uttered the takbir and made prostration as usual or made longer (prostration). Then he raised his head his and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great). The narrator Muhammad was asked : Did he give the salutation (while prostrating) dueto forgetfulness? He said : I do not remember it from Abu Hurairah. But we Are sure that ‘Imran b. Husain (in his version) said; he then gave the salutation. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1008)   

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِحْدَى صَلَاتَيِ الْعَشِيِّ إِمَّا قَالَ الظُّهْرَ وَإِمَّا قَالَ الْعَصْرَ قَالَ وَأَكْبَرُ ظَنِّي أَنَّهَا الْعَصْرُ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَى خَشَبَةٍ فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهَا إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى وَخَرَجَ سَرَعَانُ النَّاسِ فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ قُصِرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَفِي الْقَوْمِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَهَابَا أَنْ يَسْأَلَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ أَقُصِرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمْ نَسِيتَ؟ قَالَ «مَا قُصِرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَلَا نَسِيتُ» قَالَ بَلْ نَسِيتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أَكَذَلِكَ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ فَأَطَالَ نَحْوًا مِنْ سُجُودِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَطَالَ نَحْوًا مِنْ سُجُودِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقِيلَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ لَمْ أَحْفَظْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ