أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ ، قَالَ : وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ بِوَقْتِ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ يَعْنِي : صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ، كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ" يُصَلِّيهَا لِسُقُوطِ الْقَمَرِ لِثَالِثَةٍ ".
قَالَ يَحْيَى : أَمْلاهُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ كِتَابِهِ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

Yahya bin Hammad told us, Abu Awanah told us, on the authority of Abu Bishr, on the authority of Bashir bin Thabit, on the authority of Habib bin Salim, on the authority of Al-Numan bin Bashir said: By God, I am the most knowledgeable of people about the time of this prayer, meaning: the evening prayer. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was He said, “He prays it for the third time before the moon sets.”
Yahya said: He dictated it to us from his book on the authority of Bashir bin Thabit.