Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) offering optional Salah from Maghrib to ‘Isha

I have come across a narration in Sunan Tirmidhi, which states that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) offered optional Salah after Maghrib until ‘Isha. Is this authentic?

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You are probably referring to the Hadith recorded by Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) on the authority of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) which has the following words:

“I came to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and prayed Maghrib with him. He [continued] offering [optional] Salah until he read ‘Isha after which he left…”

(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 3781. Declared sound -hasan- by Imam Tirmidhi)

Imam Ahmad, Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Imam Ibn Hibban (rahimahumullah) and others have also recorded this Hadith.

(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 5 pg. 391/2, Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 5982 and Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 6960 and 7126)

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Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

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Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar

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Tags: authentic, Hadith, Imam Ahmad, maghrib, SALAH

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