Yazid bin Abi Ziyad says: I asked Abdullah bin Harith about the two rak‘ahs after ‘Asr. He said: I and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyiduna Mu‘awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: Ibn ‘Abbas! You have mentioned the two rak‘ahs after ‘Asr, and I have received news that people are performing them, even though we did not see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform this prayer, nor did he command anything of this sort. Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is the matter about which Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) speaks to people, meaning he gives the fatwa to perform them. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. Sayyiduna Mu‘awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: What is the reality of these two rak‘ahs about which you speak to people? He said: Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated this hadith to me from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Mu‘awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent two men to Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) with this message: The Commander of the Faithful sends you greetings and asks about the reality of these two rak‘ahs about which Sayyiduna Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) says that you commanded them to be performed after ‘Asr. Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: This is something that Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) informed me about. So we went to Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and told her what Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had said. She responded: May Allah have mercy on ‘A’ishah! Did I not inform her that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade her from this?