Sahih Muslim Hadith 1933 – Concerning The Zi4 4L) – (o

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[1933] 297 – (834) It was (A )V [rr] narrated from Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbâs, that 'Abdullâh bin 'Abbâs, 'Abdur- j74. . Rahmân bin Azhar and Al- Miswar bin Makhramah sent him to 'Aiah, the wife of the Prophet , saying: "Convey greetings of Salâm to her from all of us, and ask her about the two Rak'ah after 'Asr, and say: 'We have been informed that you pray them, but we heard that the Messenger of Allah forbade that." Ibn 'Abbâs said: "I, along with 'Umar bin A1-ijattâb, used to tell the people not to do that." Kuraib said: "So I entered upon her and conveyed to her the message they had sent with me. She said: 'Ask Umm Salamah.' So I went out to them and told them what she had said. They sent me to Umm Salamah with a message like that with which they had sent me to 'Aishah. Umm Salamah said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah jW forbidding them (the two Rak'ah after 'Ar), then I saw him praying them. But when he prayed them, he had already prayed 'Apr, then he entered upon me and there were some women from Banü Harâm, who were among the Ansâr, with me. He prayed them, and I sent the slave girl to him. I said: 'Stand beside him, and say to him: "Umm Salamah says to you: '0 Messenger of Allah, I heard you forbidding these two Rak'ah, but now I see you praying them." If he gestures to you with his hand, then leave him.' The slave girl did that, and he gestured to her with his hand, so she left him. When he had finished praying, he said: '0 daughter of Abfl Umayyah, you asked about the two Rak'ah after 'Asr. Some people from Banü 'Abdul-Qais came to me to embrace Islam, and they distracted me from praying the two Rak'ah that come after Zuhr; these are them."