English translation
1273. Kuraib, the slave of Ibn 'Abbās, narrated that Ibn 'Abbās, 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Azhar, and Al-Miswar bin Makhramah sent him to 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. They said to him: "Convey our Salām to her, and ask her regarding the two Rak'ahs after 'Aṣr. Tell her: 'We have been informed that you pray them, even though we have been told that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade them.'" Kuraib said: "So I went to her, and told her what I had been sent to tell her. She said: 'Ask Umm Salamah.' So I returned to them, and informed them of what she had told me. They then sent me to Umm Salamah, with the same message that they
had sent through me to 'Āishah. Umm Salamah said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibit them, but then I saw him praying them. As for when he prayed them: He had prayed 'Aṣr, then visited my house, but I had some women (visiting me) from the tribe of Banū Ḥarām, of the Anṣār. So he prayed these two (Rak'ahs). I sent a young girl to him, and said to her, "Stand next to him, and say: 'Umm Salamah is saying: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I heard that you prohibited (us from praying) these two Rak'ahs, but I see that you are praying them!" So if he motions to you, then stand some distance away from him." So the young girl did as she was told, and he motioned with his hand, so she went some distance away from him. When he had finished, he said: "O daughter of Abū Umayyah! You have asked me regarding the two Rak'ahs after 'Aṣr. Verily, some people from the tribe of 'Abdul-Qais came to me having accepted Islām, so they prevented me from (praying) the two Rak'ahs after Zuhr. So these two are those two!" (Sahīh)
Arabic text
1273 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَزْهَرَ، وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، أَرْسَلُوهُ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالُوا: اقْرَأْ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامَ مِنَّا جَمِيعًا، وَسَلْهَا عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، وَقُلْ: إِنَّا أُخْبِرْنَا أَنَّكِ تُصَلِّينَهُمَا، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهُمَا، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَبَلَّغْتُهَا مَا أَرْسَلُونِي بِهِ، فَقَالَتْ: سَلْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ بِقَوْلِهَا، فَرَدُّونِي إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ بِمِثْلِ مَا أَرْسَلُونِي بِهِ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْهَى عَنْهُمَا، ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّيهِمَا، أَمَّا حِينَ صَلَّاهُمَا، فَإِنَّهُ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ وَعِنْدِي نِسْوَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي حَرَامٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَصَلَّاهُمَا، فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ الْجَارِيَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: قُومِي بِجَنْبِهِ، فَقُولِي لَهُ: تَقُولُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَسْمَعُكَ تَنْهَى عَنْ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ، وَأَرَاكَ تُصَلِّيهِمَا، فَإِنْ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ، فَاسْتَأْخِرِي عَنْهُ، قَالَتْ: فَفَعَلَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ، فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ، فَاسْتَأْخَرَتْ عَنْهُ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ: «يَا بِنْتَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، سَأَلْتِ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي نَاسٌ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ بِالْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ قَوْمِهِمْ، فَشَغَلُونِي عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَهُمَا هَاتَانِ»
