the adhān, and likewise the notion that all of the Companions would have observed this sunnah at the same moment in the central mosque. Such matters are precisely those for which the motives to report them were strong and for which multiple chains would naturally converge. Since nothing of the sort has been transmitted, this shows that it never took place. Abū Shāmah states in his book The Impetus for Denouncing Innovations and Newly-Introduced Practices:

‘If you were to say, “Perhaps the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the sunnah in his house after the sun had passed its zenith and then came out,” I reply: Had that happened, his wives—may Allah be pleased with them—would have reported it, just as they transmitted all of his prayers performed in his home, day and night, together with the details of his night vigil and standing in prayer. Since none of this has been reported, the default is that it did not occur, which proves it is not prescribed.’

I say: It is fabricated. As for the ḥadīth transmitted by Abū ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Yāsir, in the narration of Abū ʾl-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Yaʿqūb ⦗108⦘, from Isḥāq ibn Idrīs—who said: Abān related to us; ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal related to us, from Nāfiʿ, from ʿĀʾishah, raised to the Prophet—with the wording:

‘He used to pray two rakʿahs at home before the Friday Prayer.’