Ibn Shibab reported: Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz one day deferred the prayer. 'Urwa bin Zubair came to him and informed him that one day as Mughira bin Shu'bah was in Kufa (as its governor), he deferred the prayer, Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari came to him and said: What is this, O Mughira? Did you know that it was Gabriel (ؑ) who came and said prayer and (then) the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said the prayer (along with him), then (Gabriel (ؑ)) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also prayed, then (Gabriel (ؑ)) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also prayed, then (Gabriel (ؑ)) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) prayed (along with him). then Gabriel (ؑ) prayed and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also prayed (along with him) and then said: This is how I have been ordered to do. 'Umar (b. 'Abdul 'Aziz) said. O 'Urwa be mindful of what you are saying that Gabriel (ؑ) (peace be upon him) taught the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) the times of prayer. Upon this 'Urwa said: This is how Bashir bin Abu Mas'ud narrated on the authority of his father and (also said): 'A'isha?, the wife of the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . narrated it to me that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to say the afternoon prayer, when the light of the sun was there in her apartment before it went out (of it).