حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ أَيْمَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِهِ مَا تَرَکَهُمَا حَتَّی لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَمَا لَقِيَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی حَتَّی ثَقُلَ عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ وَکَانَ يُصَلِّي کَثِيرًا مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا تَعْنِي الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَکَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا وَلَا يُصَلِّيهِمَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُثَقِّلَ عَلَی أُمَّتِهِ وَکَانَ يُحِبُّ مَا يُخَفِّفُ عَنْهُمْ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 590
Narrated `Aisha: By Allah, Who took away the Prophet. The Prophet never missed them (two rak`at) after the `Asr prayer till he met Allah and he did not meet Allah till it became heavy for him to pray while standing so he used to offer most of the prayers while sitting. (She meant the two rak`at after `Asr) He used to pray them in the house and never prayed them in the mosque lest it might be hard for his followers and he loved what was easy for them .
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020