Sahih Muslim
1938
Chapter 8 · The Book Of the Merit Of The Holy Quranاسْتِحْبَابِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْمَغْرِبِ
و حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ مُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنْ التَّطَوُّعِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ كَانَ عُمَرُ يَضْرِبُ الْأَيْدِي عَلَى صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَكُنَّا نُصَلِّي عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّاهُمَا قَالَ كَانَ يَرَانَا نُصَلِّيهِمَا فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا.
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It is recommended to pray two rak`ah before Maghrib
I asked Anas bin Malik رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ about the voluntary prayers after the afternoon prayer, and he replied: 'Umar رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ struck hit hands on prayer observed after the 'Asr prayer and we used to observe two rak'ahs after the sun set before the evening prayer during the time of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). I said to him: Did the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observe them? He said: He saw us observing them, but he neither commanded us nor forbade us to do so.