ON THE SUBJECT OF 199 THE VOLUNTARY PRAYERS OF THE MID-DAY PRAYER; TWO VOLUNTARY UNITS OF PRAYER BEFORE AND AFTER THE OBLIGATORY MID-DAY PRAYER H 1135 "I (ibn Omar) offered two units of prayer before the mid-day prayer and two after it in the company of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him." R 1135 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Omar related this.
باب سنة الظهر 1113- عن ابن عمر رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنهُما ، قَالَ : صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا . متفقٌ عَلَيهِ .