2132 — “He would perform prayers between Maghrib and Isha.”

Ibn Naṣr narrated it in Qiyām al-Layl (p. 32), and al-Bayhaqī (3/20), from Manṣūr ibn Ṣuqayr: ʿUmārah ibn Zādhān narrated to us, from Thābit, from Anas, in a report attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I say: This is a weak chain of transmission. ʿUmārah ibn Zādhān was truthful but had poor retention, and Manṣūr ibn Ṣuqayr was weak. However, the hadith has corroborating reports that strengthen it. One of them is narrated from ʿUbayd, the freed slave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Al-Suyūṭī attributed it in al-Jāmiʿ to al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr. It is also recorded by Aḥmad (5/431) and al-Bayhaqī through al-Taymī, who said: “A man came to us while we were in the gathering of Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī and related to us from ʿUbayd...” He then mentioned it.

Al-Bayhaqī and Ibn Naṣr also narrated it from al-Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān, who said: My father said: A man related to me that ʿUbayd, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was asked, “Did you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would command prayer after the prescribed prayer?” He replied, “Yes—between Maghrib and Isha.” Another corroborating report is narrated from Ḥudhayfah, attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with similar wording. Aḥmad and others narrated it with an authentic chain of transmission, as explained in Takhrīj al-Targhīb (1/205–206).

2133 — “He would condition horses and race them.”

Abū Dāwūd (1/403, Taziyah edition) narrated it from ʿUbayd Allah, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, in a report attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy narrators of al-Bukhārī. Ibn Mājah (2/205) also narrated it through this route with similar wording.