وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صلوا قبل صَلَاة الْمغرب رَكْعَتَيْنِ صَلُّوا قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ». قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ: «لِمَنْ شَاءَ». كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَهَا النَّاسُ سنة
Abdallah ibn Mughaffal reported the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) 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.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1104, Book 5, Prayer, Hadith 582. 1 min read