حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَزَّازُ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ الرَّکْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ أَرَآکُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ نَعَمْ رَآنَا فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1282
Narrated Anas bin Malik: I offered two rak'ahs of prayer before the Maghrib prayer (i. e. obligatory) during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I (narrator al-Mukhtar bin Fulful) asked Anas: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ se you ? He replied: Yes, but he neither commanded us nor forbade us (to do so).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020