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Musnad Ahmad 1202, 1203 (Book 5, Hadith 611) #34837
Voluntary Prayers of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the voluntary prayers that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to offer during the day.

It was narrated that 'Asim bin Damrah said: Some of the companions of 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: Why don't you tell us about the voluntary prayers that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered during the day? 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: By Allah, you cannot do it. They said to him; Tell us about it and we will take whatever we are able to do. then he quoted the hadeeth at length. It was narrated from 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) that He was asked about the (voluntary) prayers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the day. He said: He used to pray sixteen rak'ahs, When the sun was as high there as it is at the time of 'Asr there, he would pray two rak’ahs. When the sun was as high there as it is at the time of Zuhr there, he would pray two rak'ahs, He would pray four rak'ahs before Zuhr and two rak'ahs after Zuhr, and he would pray four rak'ahs before ʻAsr.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ لِعَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَلَا تُحَدِّثُنَا بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ وَالتَّطَوُّعِ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنَّكُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَا تُطِيقُونَهَا فَقَالُوا لَهُ أَخْبِرْنَا بِهَا نَأْخُذْ مِنْهَا مَا أَطَقْنَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ إِمْلَاءً عَلَيَّ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ فَقَالَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً قَالَ يُصَلِّي إِذَا كَانَتْ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي إِذَا كَانَتْ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَصَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَبَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَقَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ‏.‏
TOPICS
prayer  *  voluntary  *  obligation  *  salah  *  nafl  *  sunnah  *  fardh

QUICK LESSONS:
Perform extra acts of worship such as voluntary prayer even if you are unable to do all sixteen rak'ahs like Prophet Muhammad did .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrates a conversation between some of the companions of Ali bin Abi Talib and him, in which they asked him about the voluntary prayers that Prophet Muhammad used to offer during the day. Ali then explained that he would pray sixteen rak'ahs throughout his day, four before Zuhr prayer and two after it, as well as four before Asr prayer. This hadith highlights how important it was for Prophet Muhammad to perform voluntary prayers on top of his obligatory ones, emphasizing its importance in Islam. It also shows us how much respect and reverence Muslims should have for their religion by following in their beloved prophet's footsteps. Furthermore, this hadith teaches us that we should strive to make our relationship with Allah stronger by performing extra acts of worship such as voluntary prayers even if we are unable to do all sixteen rak'ahs like Prophet Muhammad did.

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