أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ شَيْخٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ صَحِبْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ إِلَی الْحِمَی فَلَمَّا غَرَبَتْ الشَّمْسُ هِبْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَهُ الصَّلَاةَ فَسَارَ حَتَّی ذَهَبَ بَيَاضُ الْأُفُقِ وَفَحْمَةُ الْعِشَائِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّی الْمَغْرِبَ ثَلَاثَ رَکَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ صَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ عَلَی إِثْرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ هَکَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 595
It was narrated that Isma’il bin ‘Abdur-Rahman, a Shaikh of the Quraish, said: “I accompanied Ibn ‘Umar to Al-Hima. When the sun set I felt too nervous to remind him of the prayer, so he went on until the light on the horizon had disappeared and it was getting dark, then he stopped and prayed Maghrib, three Rak’ahs, then he prayed two Rak’ahs immediately afterwards, then he said: ‘This is what I saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم do.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020