Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45118

Waki’ told us, Sufyan, Israel, and my father told us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Asim bin Damra, he said, “We asked Ali, may God be pleased with him.” About the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, volunteering during the day, and he said, “You cannot stand it.” He said, “We said, ‘Tell us about it, and we will take from it what He said: When the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, prayed the dawn prayer, he would give it a delay until when the sun was setting from here, meaning from the direction of the east. The amount of the afternoon prayer from here before sunset. He stood up and prayed two rak’ahs, then he gave his time until the sun was setting. Here, meaning from the direction of the East, the amount of the noon prayer. From here, meaning from the direction of the Maghrib. He stood up and prayed four or four before Dhuhr when the sun has set, and two rak’ahs after it, and four before the afternoon prayer, separating each two rak’ahs with greetings to the angels. The close ones, the prophets, and those who followed them among the believers and Muslims. He said, “Ali, may God be pleased with him, said: These are sixteen rak’ahs that the Prophet volunteered.” May God’s prayers and peace be upon him during the day, and there are few people who regularly do it. Waki’ told us on the authority of his father, who said: Habib bin Abi said: Thabit to Abu Ishaq when he told him: O Abu Ishaq, this hadith of yours is worth filling your mosque with gold.