الفتح الربانی
Al-Fath al-Rabbani
أَبْوَابُ الْأَذْ كَارِ الْوَارِدَةِ عَقْبَ الصَّلَاةِ
Chapters on the Remembrances after Prayer
بَابُ رَاتِبَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَمَا جَاءَ فِي فَضْلِهَا
Chapter on the Sunnah of Asr and Its Virtue
Hadith Number: 2061
عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنه ان النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قال: ((رحم الله امرا صلى قبل العصر اربعا))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah have mercy on the person who performs four rak‘ahs before ‘Asr.
تخریج الحدیث:
حكم: اسناده حسن۔ أخرجه ابوداود: 1271
Hadith Number: 2062
عن علي رضي الله عنه ان النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم كان يصلي قبل العصر اربعا يفصل بين كل ركعتين بالتسليم على الملائكة المقربين والنبيين ومن تبعهم من المؤمنين والمسلمين
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform four rak‘ahs before ‘Asr, and between every two rak‘ahs, he would separate them by offering salutations of peace upon the close angels, the prophets, and the Muslims and believers who follow them. That is, after every two rak‘ahs, he would say salam.
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حكم: اسناده قوي۔ أخرجه ابن ماجه: 1161