Gardens of the Righteous — Page 200
200. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 1121. Abdullah ibn Sa'id relates that the Holy Prophet would offer four raka'as after the declining of the sun before the noon Prayer and said: This is the hour when the gates of heaven are opened and I desire that some righteous action on my part should rise to heaven during this hour (Tirmidhi). 1122. Ayesha relates that if the Holy Prophet could not offer four raka'as before Zohar he offered them after Zohar (Tirmidhi). 199. . On the Sunnahs of the Afternoon Prayer 1123. Ali ibn Abi Talib relates that the Holy Prophet was wont to offer four raka'as before Asr and followed them up with salutation on the favourite angels and those who follow them from among the believers and Muslims (Tirmidhi). 1124. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated: May Allah have mercy on one who offers four raka'as before Asr (Abu Daud and. Tirmidhi). 1125. Ali ibn Abi Talib relates that the Holy Prophet was wont to offer two raka'as before Asr (Abu Daud). 200. . On the Sunnahs of the Sunset Prayer 1126. Abdullah ibn Mughaffal relates that the Holy Prophet said: Offer two raka'as before Maghrib; and he repeated it twice, adding the last time: He who may so wish (Bokhari). 1127. Anas relates: I noticed the principal companions of the Holy. Prophet hastening to the mosque before Maghrib (to offer sunnahs) (Bokhari). 1128. Anas relates: In the time of the Holy Prophet we used to offer two raka‘as after sunset before Maghrib. He was asked: Did the Holy Prophet offer them? He answered: He saw us offering them; and did not order us or forbid us (Muslim). 1129. Anas relates: When we were in Medina and the muezzin called the Azan for Maghrib the worshippers hastened to the mosque and offered two raka'as, so much so that a stranger noticing so many doing so would sometimes imagine that the congregational Prayer had been concluded (Muslim).