Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out while the iqamah had already been pronounced, and he saw some people hastily performing two rak‘ahs (of Sunnah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you want to combine two prayers together?" Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade performing prayer in the mosque after the iqamah had been pronounced.

Sharik narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) a hadith similar to the above-mentioned narration up to the words: "Do you want to combine two prayers together?"

Muhammad bin Ishaq states that this narration has been reported by Imam Malik bin Anas and Isma‘il bin Ja‘far from Sharik bin Abi Numayr, from Abu Salamah, as a mursal narration. And Ibrahim bin Tahman narrated both these ahadith from Sharik, from Sayyiduna Anas and Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them). Ibrahim bin Tahman narrated both ahadith with separate chains: the hadith of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) separately, and the narration of Sayyiduna Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) with a separate chain.