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darimi:448ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Hishām b. Ḥujayr

[Machine] There was a peacock praying two units after Asr prayer, so Ibn Abbas said to him, "Leave them." He said, "It was only forbidden to perform them on a ladder." Ibn Abbas said, "Indeed, prayer after Asr has been forbidden, so I do not know whether you will be punished for it or rewarded, for Allah says, 'It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.'" (Quran 33:36) Sufyan said, "He considers it to be on a ladder, meaning he prays from after Asr until the night."  

الدارمي:٤٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ طاووسٌ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «اتْرُكْهُمَا» قَالَ «إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهَا أَنْ تُتَّخَذُ سُلَّمًا» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَتُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهَا أَمْ تُؤْجَرُ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقْدَ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا مُبِينًا} [الأحزاب 36] قَالَ سُفْيَانُ تُتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا يَقُولُ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ  


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hakim:373Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Sufyān > Hishām b. Ḥujayr

[Machine] "Tauus used to pray two units of prayer after Asr (afternoon prayer), so Ibn Abbas said to him: 'Leave it.' Tauus replied: 'We have only been prohibited from them if they are made to resemble the obligatory prayer before sunset.' Ibn Abbas said: 'Verily, the Prophet ﷺ used to prohibit prayer after Asr, and I do not know if one would be punished for it or rewarded, for Allah Almighty says: 'And it is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair.' (Surah Al-Ahzab, 33:36)."  

الحاكم:٣٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنْبَأَ الشَّافِعِيُّ أَنْبَأَ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «اتْرُكُهَا» فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُمَا أَنْ تَتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا أَنْ يُوَصِّلَ ذَلِِكَ إِلَى غُرُوب الشَّمْسِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَمَا أَدْرِي أَيُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ يُؤْجَرُ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ {وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ} [الأحزاب 36]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ مُوَافِقٌ لِمَا قَدَّمْنَا ذِكْرَهُ مِنَ الْحَثِّ عَلَى اتِّبَاعِ السُّنَّةِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ بِهَذِهِ السِّيَاقَةِ» على شرطهما
bayhaqi:4377Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar al-Razzāz > Saʿdān > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Hishām b. Ḥujayr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only prohibited using a ladder. Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet ﷺ prohibited praying after Asr, so we do not know whether we will be punished or rewarded, because Allah the Almighty said, "It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair."  

البيهقي:٤٣٧٧أنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ قَالَ كَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ اتْرُكْهُمَا فَقَالَ

إِنَّمَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمَا أَنْ تُتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَلَا نَدْرِي أَتُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهِمَا أَمْ تُؤْجَرُ؛ لِأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ {مَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ}