Narrator:Abdullāh ibn Mughaffal
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «صلوا قبل صَلَاة الْمغرب رَكْعَتَيْنِ صَلُّوا قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ» . قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ: «لِمَنْ شَاءَ» . كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَهَا النَّاسُ سنة
‘Abdallah b. Mughaffal reported the Prophet as saying, “Pray before the sunset prayer,” adding when saying it a third time, “This applies to those who wish to do so.” That was because he did not wish the people to treat it as a sunna. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 624, 627, 1183, 7368), Muslim (No. 838a), Abu Dawud (No. 1281, 1283), At-Tirmidhi (No. 185), An-Nasa’i (No. 681), Ibn Majah (No. 1162), Ahmad (No. 16188, 19636, 19643, 19651, 19665) and Ad-Darimi (No. 1404). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 1165).