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4370. Narrated Bukair: Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbās told me that Ibn 'Abbās, 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Azhar and Al-Miswar bin Makḥrama sent him to 'Aishah saying, "Pay her our greetings and ask her about offering of the two Rak'a after ʾAṣr prayer, and tell her that we have been informed that you offer these two Rak'a while we have heard that the Prophet ﷺ had forbidden their offering." Ibn 'Abbās said, "I and 'Umar used to beat the people for their offering them." Kuraib added, "I entered upon her and delivered their message to her." She said, "Ask Umm Salama" So, I informed them (of 'Aishah's answer) and they had sent me to Umm Salama for the same purpose as they sent me to 'Aishah. Umm Salama replied, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbidding the offering of these two Rak'a. Once, the Prophet ﷺ offered the ʾAṣr prayer, and then came to me. And at that time some Anṣārī women from the tribe of Banū Ḥarām were with me. Then (the Prophet ﷺ) offered those two Rak'a, and I sent my (lady) servant to him, saying, 'Stand beside him and say (to him), Umm Salama says: O Allāh's Messenger! Didn't I hear you forbidding the offering of these two Rak'a (after the ʾAṣr prayer) yet I see you offering them? And if he beckons you with his hand, then wait.' So the (lady) servant did that and the Prophet ﷺ beckoned her with his hand, and she waited, and when the Prophet ﷺ finished his Ṣalāt (prayer), he said, 'O the daughter of Abū Umayya (i.e., Umm Salama), you were asking me about these two Rak'a after the ʾAṣr prayer. In fact, some people from the tribe of 'Abdul-Qais came to me to embrace Islām and busied me so much that I did not offer the two Rak'a which were offered after the (compulsory) Zuhr prayer, and these are those two Rak'a (you have seen me offering)."