Abu Salama asked 'A'isha about the two prostrations (i. e. rak'ahs) which the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) made after the 'Asr. She said: 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.
Read More..A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) did not abandon at all observing two rak'ahs after the 'Asr in my house.
Read More..A'isha reported: Two are the prayers which the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) always observed in my house-openly or secretly-two rak'ahs before the dawn and two rak'ahs after the 'Asr.
Read More..Aswad and Masruq reported: We bear testimony to the fact that 'A'isha said: Never was there a day that he (the Holy Prophet) was with me and he did not observe two rak'ahs of prayer in my house, i. e. two rak'ahs after the Asr.
Read More..Mukhtar b. Fulful said: I asked Anas b. Malik about the voluntary prayers after the afternoon prayer, and he replied: 'Umar struck hit hands on prayer observed after the 'Asr prayer and we used to observe two rak'ahs after the sun set before the evening prayer during the time of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). I said to him: Did the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observe them? He said: He saw us observing them, but he neither commanded us nor forbade us to do so.
Read More..Anas b. Malik reported: When we were in Medina, the moment the Mu'adhdhin made the call to the sunset prayer, the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and prayed two rak'ahs with the result that any stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had been observed owing to the number who were praying then.
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