I have never seen anyone more prompt in praying Zuhr early than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nor than Abu Bakr, nor than Umar.
حدثنا هناد بن السري حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن حكيم بن جبير عن إبراهيم عن الأسود
ما رأيت أحدا كان أشد تعجيلا للظهر من رسول الله ﷺ ولا من أبي بكر ولا من عمر
[Hasan]. Ahmad (6/135) also reported it from Waki through the same chain, but its isnad is daif. Mansur reported it from Ibrahim through the same chain (Bayhaqi, 1/437). This hadith has supporting narrations, including the one that will follow at 161.On this topic, there are also narrations from Jabir bin Abdullah [Abu Dawud, no. 399], Khabab [Muslim, no. 619], Abu Barza [Bukhari, no. 541, and Muslim, no. 647, and Ibn Majah, no. 674], Ibn Masud [Ibn Majah, no. 676], Zayd bin Thabit [Abu Dawud, no. 411, and Ahmad, 5/183, 206], Anas [will follow at 156, and Bukhari, no. 542, and Muslim, no. 620], and Jabir bin Samura [Muslim, no. 618].Hadith, "Whoever asks people for money while he has enough to make him independent of it," will follow at 650.