‘Adī ibn Kāmil narrated to us: Wahb ibn Baqiyyah al-Wāsitī narrated to us: Khālid ibn ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Qays, from Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed six rak‘ahs of the midmorning prayer.
Al-Hākim (1) then related through Ishāq ibn Bishr al-Bukhārī (2), who said: ‘Īsā ibn Mūsā Ghunjār (3) narrated to us, from ‘Umar ibn Subh, from Muqātil ibn Hayyān, from Muslim ibn Subayh, from Masrūq, from ‘Ā’ishah and Umm Salamah, who both said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to perform twelve rak‘ahs of the midmorning prayer.” He related a lengthy hadith.
Al-Hākim (4) said: Abū Ahmad Bakr (5) ibn Muhammad al-Sayrafī narrated to us: Abū Qilābah al-Raqāshī narrated to us: Abū al-Walīd narrated to us: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Abū Ishāq, from ‘Āsim ibn Damrah, from ‘Alī, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to perform the midmorning prayer.
With the same chain of transmission as far as Abū al-Walīd: Abū ‘Awānah narrated to us, from Husayn ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān, from ‘Amr ibn Murrah, from ‘Umārah ibn ‘Umayr al-‘Abdī, from the son of Jubayr ibn Mut‘im, from his father