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ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا دَاوَمَ ﷺ عَلَى هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ

ibnhibban:1577 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Harawī And Ibn Khuzaymah > ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥarmalah > Abū Salamah

"He used to pray them before 'Asr, but if he got distracted or forgot them, he would pray them after 'Asr, and if he did a prayer he would be constant in it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 578)   

ابن حبّان:١٥٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَرَوِيُّ وَابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فِي بَيْتِهَا فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ وَإِنَّهُ شُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَهُمَا وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَثْبَتَهَا»  

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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
muslim:835a – Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb And Qutaybah Waʿalī b. Ḥujr > Ibn Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl Wahū Ibn Jaʿfar > Muḥammad Wahū Ibn Abū Ḥarmalah > Abū Salamah

He (the Holy Prophet) observed them before the 'Asr prayer, but then he was hindered to do so, or he forgot them and then he observed them after the 'Asr, and then he continued observing them. (It was his habit) that when he (the Holy Prophet) observed prayer, he then continued observing it. Isma'il said: It implies that he always did that.  

مسلم:٨٣٥a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ شُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا أَوْ نَسِيَهُمَا فَصَلاَّهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَهُمَا وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلاَةً أَثْبَتَهَا قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ تَعْنِي دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهَا  

nasai:578 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥarmalah > Abū Salamah

"He used to pray them before 'Asr, but if he got distracted or forgot them, he would pray them after 'Asr, and if he did a prayer he would be constant in it."  

النسائي:٥٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ شُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا أَوْ نَسِيَهُمَا فَصَلاَّهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلاَةً أَثْبَتَهَا  

nasai-kubra:1568 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad / Ibn Abū Ḥarmalah > Abū Salamah

"He used to pray them before 'Asr, but if he got distracted or forgot them, he would pray them after 'Asr, and if he did a prayer he would be constant in it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 578)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ فَشُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا أَوْ نَسِيَهُمَا فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَثْبَتَهَا  

bayhaqi:4396 – Bidhalik Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > Abū al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥarmalah > Abū Salamah

He (the Holy Prophet) observed them before the 'Asr prayer, but then he was hindered to do so, or he forgot them and then he observed them after the 'Asr, and then he continued observing them. (It was his habit) that when he (the Holy Prophet) observed prayer, he then continued observing it. Isma'il said: It implies that he always did that. (Using translation from Muslim 835a)   

البيهقي:٤٣٩٦ – أنبأ بِذَلِكَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنِ

السَّجْدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ شُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا أَوْ نَسِيَهُمَا فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَهُمَا وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَثْبَتَهَا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ