Jami` at-Tirmidhi 598

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Mahmud ibn Ghaylan told us: Wahb ibn Jarir told us: Shubah told us, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim ibn Damrah, who said: We asked Ali about the voluntary prayers of the Messenger of Allah during the day. He replied: You would not be able to manage that. We said: Who among us could manage it? He said: When the sun was at a position like this, toward the afternoon, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed two units; when it was at a position like this, toward noon, he prayed four units. He also prayed four units before the noon prayer and two after it, and four before the afternoon prayer. Between every two units he ended the prayer with greetings of peace upon the angels brought near, the prophets, the messengers, and the believers and Muslims who followed them.