“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).’”
“When the dawn appears, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would only pray two short Rak’ahs.”
“I came to the Messenger of Allah, who became Muslim with you?’ He said: ‘Free men and slaves.’ I said: ‘Is there any moment which brings one closer to Allah than another?’ He said: ‘Yes, the last part of the night, so pray as much as you want until you pray Subh, then stop until […]
“O Banu ‘Abd Manaf, do not prevent anyone from circumambulating this House and praying at any time he wants of night or day.”
“If the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was setting out on a journey before the sun passed its zenith, he would delay Zuhr until the time of ‘Asr, then he would stop and combine the prayer. If the sun passed its zenith before he set out, he would pray Zuhr and then set off.
“I heard Masruq and Al-Aswad say: We bear witness that ‘Aishah said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was with me after ‘Asr, he would pray them (these two Rak’ahs).’”
“There are two prayers that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never neglected to pray them in my house secretly nor publicly: Two Rak’ahs before Fajr and two Rak’ahs after ‘Asr.”
“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.”
“They are two Rak’ahs that I used to pray after Zuhr, but I got distracted and forgot them until I prayed ‘Asr.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got distracted and did not pray the two Rak’ahs before ‘Asr so he prayed them after ‘Asr.”