English Translation

He said: Rawh told us, he said: 'Umar ibn Sa'id ibn Abi Husayn told us, he said: 'Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaykah told me, from 'Uqbah ibn al-Harith, who said: I prayed the 'Asr prayer with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. When he gave the taslim, he stood up quickly and entered upon one of his wives, then came out, and saw the astonishment on the faces of the people at what he had done, and it had perplexed them. He said: "While I was in the prayer, I remembered some gold we had, and I disliked that it remain overnight with us, so I ordered it to be distributed." He said: Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri told us, he said: 'Umar ibn Sa'id told us, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from 'Uqbah ibn al-Harith, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, departed when he had prayed the 'Asr - and he mentioned its meaning.