Musnad Ahmad 26560

Translation

✧ My father resolved to perform ‘umrah. When his departure drew near, he said: ‘My son, if we were to enter upon the amir and bid him farewell.’ I said: ‘As you wish.’ He said: So we entered upon Marwan, and with him were a group including ‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr. They mentioned the two rak‘ahs that Ibn al-Zubayr prays after ‘asr. Marwan said to him: ‘From whom did you take them, O Ibn al-Zubayr?’ He said: ‘Abu Hurayrah informed me of them, from ‘A’ishah.’ Marwan sent to ‘A’ishah: ‘What are these two rak‘ahs that Ibn al-Zubayr mentions, that Abu Hurayrah informed him from you, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray after ‘asr?’ She sent to him: ‘Umm Salamah informed me.’ He sent to Umm Salamah: ‘What are these two rak‘ahs that ‘A’ishah claims you informed her that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray after ‘asr?’ She said: ‘May Allah forgive ‘A’ishah; she has placed my matter in the wrong place. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed zuhr after some wealth had been brought to him, and he sat distributing it until the mu’adhdhin came to him for ‘asr, and he prayed ‘asr. Then he came to me—it was my day—and prayed two light rak‘ahs. I said: “What are these two rak‘ahs, O Messenger of Allah? Were you commanded to do them?” He said: “No, but they are two rak‘ahs I used to pray after zuhr, and I was distracted by distributing this wealth until the mu’adhdhin came to me for ‘asr, so I disliked to abandon them.”’ Ibn al-Zubayr said: ‘Allahu akbar! Has he not prayed them even once? By Allah, I will never abandon them.’ Umm Salamah said: ‘I never saw him pray them before that or after that.’

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