The second: ʿAmr ibn Dīnār.

It was narrated by al-Bukhārī (2369 and 7446), Muslim (1/72), Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ (4908—al-Iḥsān), Ibn Mandah (626), al-Bayhaqī in al-Sunan (6/152 and 10/177–178) and al-Asmāʾ wa al-Ṣifāt (1/352–353), and al-Baghawī (1669 and 2516), through various routes from him, with the wording of al-Aʿmash’s other narration. Al-Baghawī said in both places:

“This is an authentic hadith.”

A benefit: Imām al-Baghawī said in Sharḥ al-Sunnah (10/143):

“It has been said that the time ‘after the afternoon prayer’ was specifically mentioned because Allah, Exalted is He, has magnified the importance of this time, saying: ‘Maintain the prayers, especially the middle prayer.’ [al-Baqarah 2:238] It has been narrated from a group of the Companions that the middle prayer is the afternoon prayer. The angels of the night and of the day assemble at it, and the deeds a servant has earned from the beginning of the day are raised at that time.

“Further confirming the gravity of violating the sanctity of this time is Allah’s saying: ‘You shall detain them after the prayer, and they shall both swear by Allah.’ [al-Māʾidah 5:106] It has been said that what is meant is the afternoon prayer. Al-Khaṭṭābī said: It may also be said that a merchant will generally sell only for a profit he has made, or for some surplus he has acquired during the daylight hours. At times, however, he may make no profit at all. After the afternoon prayer is the time when he leaves; so if he happens upon a sale after that prayer, he is eager to conclude it by means of a false oath, so that he may sell at a profit rather than depart without any increase.”

Note: The annotator of al-Iḥsān (!) approvingly cited the figurative reinterpretation of the two divine attributes of Speech and looking upon, among Allah’s attributes, as pleasure and turning away, and the like!