PRAYING TWO RAK’AH AFTER THE ASR PRAYER

ORGOTTEN SUNNAH : Praying 2 rak’ah after the ‘Asr prayer

Many people as well as some scholars are unaware of the fact that praying after ‘Asr is not forbidden, rather the times when prayer or prostration is haraam are :
1) When the sun is in the process of RISING (i.e during dawn)

2) When the sun is directly overhead at noon until it has passed its zenith
3) When the sun is just about to set or in the process of SETTING . [This is a very imp subject – see the below link for an important analysis and research paper]

Link : http://the-finalrevelation.blogspot.com/2012/06/time-when-prayer-is-haraam-and-when-its.html

Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “There are two prayers that the messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never neglected to pray in my house secretly or publicly: Two Rak’ah before Fajr and two Rak’ah after Asr.”

And,

Âisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Anytime Allah’s messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my house after Asr he prayed two Rak’ah

[Ref: Sahih Bukhari 592, 593 or Book 10, Hadith 565, 566,567]
And,
Narrated `Aisha: By Allah, Who took away the Prophet. The Prophet never missed them (two rak`at) after the `Asr prayer till he met Allah and he did not meet Allah till it became heavy for him to pray while standing so he used to offer most of the prayers while sitting. (She meant the two rak`at after `Asr) He used to pray them in the house and never prayed them in the mosque lest it might be hard for his followers (when they see him and thus try to copy him) and he loved what was easy for them

[Ref: Sahih Bukhari, Vol.1, Book 10, Hadith 564]