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ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فِي ابْتِدَاءِ الْأَمْرِ

ibnhibban:1574Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Wakīʿ > Ṭalḥah b. Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him was busy with the two units after Dhuhr prayers, he performed them after Asr."  

ابن حبّان:١٥٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«لَمَّا شُغِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ صَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
nasai:580Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Ṭalḥah b. Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got distracted and did not pray the two Rak'ahs before 'Asr so he prayed them after 'Asr."  

النسائي:٥٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

شُغِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ فَصَلاَّهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ  

ahmad:26614Wakīʿ > Ṭalḥah b. Yaḥyá Samiʿtuh from ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was occupied, so he performed the two units of prayer after Asr.  

أحمد:٢٦٦١٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

شُغِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ  

ahmad:25027ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad b. Yazīd Wmasrūq Yaqūlān Nashhad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never failed to pray two rak'ahs after the afternoon prayer whenever he was with me on any day."  

أحمد:٢٥٠٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَسْوَدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ ومَسْرُوقًا يَقُولَانِ نَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدِي فِييَوْمٍ إِلَّا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ  

ahmad:24645ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never left praying two units after Asr prayer with me."  

أحمد:٢٤٦٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَاللهِ مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ عِنْدِي قَطُّ  

tabarani:20375ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Ṭalḥah b. Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUtbah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was occupied and missed performing the two units (rak'ahs) before Asr prayer, so he performed them after Asr prayer.  

الطبراني:٢٠٣٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«شُغِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ»  

tabarani:12173Aḥmad b. Rishdīn > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade praying after Asr prayer."  

الطبراني:١٢١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ»