This is a good and authentic hadith. Al-Mas'udi, Shu'bah, al-Shaybani, and others have narrated this hadith from al-Walid ibn al-'Ayyar.

172. Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: al-Layth narrated to us, from Khalid ibn Yazid, from Sa'id ibn Abi Hilal, from Ishaq ibn 'Umar, from 'A'ishah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never prayed a prayer at its latest time twice, until Allah took him (in death)."

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This is in accordance with the narration of the group (of scholars), and thus it was recorded by the author—meaning al-Bukhari—and others. It seems that whoever narrated it in this manner assumed that the meaning is the same. It is possible that he took it from the word "upon" ('ala), because it implies being above the entire time, which would necessitate the beginning of it. Al-Qurtubi and others said: His saying "at its time" (li-waqtiha)—the lam is for futurity, like His saying, the Exalted: {So divorce them for their waiting period} [al-Talaq: 1], meaning: anticipating their waiting period. And it was said: it is for commencement, like His saying, the Exalted: {Establish prayer at the decline of the sun} [al-Isra': 78]. And it was said: it means "in," i.e., in its time. His saying "upon its time" ('ala waqtiha)—it was said: it means the same as the lam, so what was mentioned above applies to it. And it was said: it is to indicate being above the time, and its benefit is the confirmation of the entrance of the time so that the performance occurs within it.

(1) Its chain of transmission is weak. Ishaq ibn 'Umar did not meet 'A'ishah, as the author indicated after the hadith, and al-Bayhaqi in "al-Sunan." Furthermore, he is unknown and not recognized, as Abu Hatim, Ibn 'Asakir, and Ibn al-Qattan said. Al-Dhahabi said in "al-Mizan": al-Daraqutni abandoned him.

It was also recorded by Ahmad (24614), al-Daraqutni 1/249, al-Hakim 1/190, and al-Bayhaqi 1/435 via the path of Qutaybah, with this chain.

It was also recorded by al-Daraqutni 1/249 via the path of Mu'alla ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from al-Layth ibn Sa'd, from Abu al-Nadr, from 'Amrah, from 'A'ishah. And Mu'alla ibn 'Abd al-Rahman was accused of lying.

It was also recorded by al-Daraqutni 1/249 and al-Hakim 1/190 via the path of Muhammad ibn 'Umar =