أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلْقَمَةَ الْمَدَنِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ صَلَّيْنَا فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْنَا إِلَی أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ لَنَا صَلَّيْتُمْ قُلْنَا صَلَّيْنَا الظُّهْرَ قَالَ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ الْعَصْرَ فَقَوَّلُوا لَهُ عَجَّلْتَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أُصَلِّي کَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي يُصَلُّونَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 513
It was narrated that Abu Salamah said: “We prayed at the time of ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul-’AzIz, then we went to Anas bin Malik and found him praying. When he finished he said to us: ‘Have you prayed?’ We said: ‘We prayed Zuhr.’ He said: ‘I prayed ‘Asr.’ They said: ‘You have prayed early.’ He said: ‘Rather I prayed as I saw my companions pray.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020