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nasai:509Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. ʿUthmān b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl > Ṣallaynā Maʿ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ẓuhr Thum Kharajnā Ḥattá Dakhalnā > Anas b. Mālik Fawajadnāh Yuṣallī al-ʿAṣr > Yā ʿAm Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh al--Atī Ṣallayt

"I heard Abu Umamah bin Sahl say: 'We prayed Zuhr with 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz, then we went out and entered upon Anas bin Malik, and we found him praying 'Asr.'" I said: "O uncle, what is this prayer that you prayed?" He said: "'Asr; this is the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we used to pray with him."  

النسائي:٥٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ بْنَ سَهْلٍ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ قُلْتُ يَا عَمِّ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ قَالَ

الْعَصْرَ وَهَذِهِ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:549Ibn Muqātil > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. ʿUthmān b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Abū Umāmah > Ṣallaynā Maʿ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ẓuhr Thum Kharajnā Ḥattá Dakhalnā > Anas b. Mālik Fawajadnāh Yuṣallī al-ʿAṣr > Yā ʿAm Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh al--Atī Ṣallayt

that he heard Abu Umama saying: We prayed the Zuhr prayer with ʿUmar bin ʿAbdul ʿAziz and then went to Anas bin Malik and found him offering the ʿAsr prayer. I asked him, "O uncle! Which prayer have you offered?" He said 'The ʿAsr and this is (the time of) the prayer of Allah s Apostle which we used to pray with him."  

البخاري:٥٤٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَمِّ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ قَالَ

الْعَصْرُ وَهَذِهِ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَهُ  

nasai:582ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Nufayl > Saʿīd b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > Abū Tamīm al-Jayshānī Qām Liyarkaʿ Rakʿatayn Qabl al-Maghrib > Liʿuqbah b. ʿĀmir Ānẓur > Hadhā a Ṣalāh Yuṣallī And al-Tafat Ilayh Farāh

"Abu Tamim Al-Jaishani stood up to pray two Rak'ahs before Maghrib, and I said to 'Uqbah bin 'Amir: 'Look at this man, what prayer is he praying?' He turned and looked at him, and said: 'This is a prayer that we used to pray at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'"  

النسائي:٥٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الْخَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيَّ قَامَ لِيَرْكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ انْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا أَىَّ صَلاَةٍ يُصَلِّي فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَرَآهُ فَقَالَ

هَذِهِ صَلاَةٌ كُنَّا نُصَلِّيهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:990ʿAbdullāh > Abū Isḥāq al-Tirmidhī > al-Ashjaʿī > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > ʿAbīdah al-Salmānī > ʿAlī

We thought that it was Fajr, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIt is Asr prayer” - meaning the middle prayer.  

أحمد:٩٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ كُنَّا نُرَاهَا الْفَجْرَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هِيَ صَلاةُالْعَصْرِ يَعْنِي صَلاةَ الْوُسْطَى  

ibnhibban:1517aal-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. ʿUthmān b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Ṣallaynā Maʿ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ẓuhr Thum Kharajnā Ḥattá Dakhalnā > Anas b. Mālik Fawajadnāh Yuṣallī al-ʿAṣr > Yā ʿAm Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh al--Atī Ṣallayt

[Machine] I asked, "What is this prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He replied, "This is the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we used to pray with him."  

ابن حبّان:١٥١٧aأَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ بْنَ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَمُّ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ؟ قَالَ

الْعَصْرُ قُلْتُ وَهَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «هَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَهُ»  

ibnhibban:1517bal-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. ʿUthmān b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Ṣallaynā Maʿ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ẓuhr Thum Kharajnā Ḥattá Dakhalnā > Anas b. Mālik Fawajadnāh Yuṣallī al-ʿAṣr Faqult Yā ʿAm Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh al--Atī Ṣallayt

[Machine] I said, "Is this the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He said, "Yes, this is the prayer that we used to pray with him."  

ابن حبّان:١٥١٧bأَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ بْنَ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَمُّ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ؟ قَالَ

الْعَصْرُ قُلْتُ وَهَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «هَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَهُ»  

tabarani:14921Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Mandah al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Kurayb > Rishdīn b. Saʿd > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > Abū Tamīm al-Jayshānī Qām Farakaʿ Rakʿatayn Qabl al-Maghrib > Liʿuqbah b. ʿĀmir Ānẓur > Hadhā Ay Ṣalāh Yuṣallī And al-Tafat

"Abu Tamim Al-Jaishani stood up to pray two Rak'ahs before Maghrib, and I said to 'Uqbah bin 'Amir: 'Look at this man, what prayer is he praying?' He turned and looked at him, and said: 'This is a prayer that we used to pray at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 582)  

الطبراني:١٤٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَنْدَهْ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثَنَا رِشْدِينُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الْخَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيَّ قَامَ §فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ انْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا أَيُّ صَلَاةٍ يُصَلِّي؟ فَالْتَفَتَ فَقَالَ

«هَذِهِ صَلَاةٌ كُنَّا نُصَلِّيهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:373ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Nufayl > Saʿīd b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > Abū Tamīm al-Jayshānī Qām Liyarkaʿ Rakʿatayn Qabl al-Maghrib > Liʿuqbah b. ʿĀmir Ānẓur > Hadhā Ay Ṣalāh Yuṣallī And al-Tafat Ilayh Farāh

"Abu Tamim Al-Jaishani stood up to pray two Rak'ahs before Maghrib, and I said to 'Uqbah bin 'Amir: 'Look at this man, what prayer is he praying?' He turned and looked at him, and said: 'This is a prayer that we used to pray at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 582)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الْخَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ قَامَ لِيَرْكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ انْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا أَيُّ صَلَاةٍ يُصَلِّي فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَرَآهُ فَقَالَ

«هَذِهِ صَلَاةُ كُنَّا نُصَلِّيهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:1508Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. ʿUthmān b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Ṣallaynā Maʿ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ẓuhr Thum Kharajnā Ḥattá Dakhalnā > Anas b. Mālik Fawajadnāh Yuṣallī al-ʿAṣr > Yā ʿAm Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh al--Atī Ṣallayt

that he heard Abu Umama saying: We prayed the Zuhr prayer with ʿUmar bin ʿAbdul ʿAziz and then went to Anas bin Malik and found him offering the ʿAsr prayer. I asked him, "O uncle! Which prayer have you offered?" He said 'The ʿAsr and this is (the time of) the prayer of Allah s Apostle which we used to pray with him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 549)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ بْنَ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ قُلْتُ يَا عَمِّ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ؟ قَالَ

«الْعَصْرُ وَهَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَهُ»