It is narrated from Ibn Shihab (al-Zuhri) that one day (Caliph) Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, delayed the prayer, so the Tabi‘i ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, came to him and informed him that one day our master Mughira ibn Shu‘bah, may Allah be pleased with him, delayed the prayer in Kufa, so our master Abu Mas‘ud (‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amr al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and said: O Mughira! What is this? Do you not know that Jibril (Gabriel), peace be upon him, descended and led the prayer, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed; then he led the prayer, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed; then he led the prayer, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed; then he led the prayer, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed; then he led the prayer, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed; then he (Jibril, peace be upon him) said: This is what you (or I) have been commanded. (Upon hearing this) ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said to ‘Urwah, may Allah have mercy on him: O ‘Urwah! Know what hadith you are narrating. Did Jibril, peace be upon him, establish and inform the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, of the times of prayer? ‘Urwah said: This is how Bashir ibn Abi Mas‘ud used to narrate the hadith from his father (Abu Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him). ‘Urwah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him (and my maternal aunt), Lady ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, informed me that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray the ‘Asr prayer while the sunlight was still in his chamber before it climbed up the walls.