Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْخَيْرِ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ حِينَ يَسْمَعُ أَذَانَ الْمَغْرِبِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَلَا أُعَجِّبُكَ مِنْ أَبِي تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ يَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَغْمِصَهُ قَالَ عُقْبَةُ أَمَا إِنَّا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ الْآنَ قَالَ الشُّغْلُ.
English Translation
Abu Abd al-Rahman told us, Sa'id — meaning Ibn Abi Ayyub — told us, Yazid ibn Abi Habib told me, who said: I heard Abu al-Khayr say: I saw Abu Tamim al-Jayshani, Abd Allah ibn Malik, praying two rak'ahs when he heard the call to the Maghrib prayer. He said: So I came to Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani and said to him: Shall I not amaze you about Abu Tamim al-Jayshani — he prays two rak'ahs before the Maghrib prayer! — and I wanted to belittle him for it. Uqbah said: We used to do that in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. I said: What prevents you from doing it now? He said: Being occupied.