أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ کَانَ يُصَلِّيهِمَا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ شُغِلَ عَنْهُمَا أَوْ نَسِيَهُمَا فَصَلَّاهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَکَانَ إِذَا صَلَّی صَلَاةً أَثْبَتَهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 582
It was narrated from Abu Salamah that he asked ‘Aishah about the two prostrations (Rak’ahs) that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to pray after ‘Asr. She said: “He used to pray them before ‘Asr, but if he got distracted or forgot them, he would pray them after ‘Asr, and if he did a prayer he would be constant in it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020