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ahmad:12644ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah used to pray 'Asr when the sun was still hot and high, and if a person were to go to the suburbs (of Al-Madinah) he would be able to reach it while the sun was still hot and high. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 682)   

أحمد:١٢٦٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  


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bukhari:551ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

We used to pray the ʿAsr and after that if one of US went to Quba' he would arrive there while the sun was still high.  

البخاري:٥٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ مِنَّا إِلَى قُبَاءٍ فَيَأْتِيهِمْ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

muslim:621cYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

We used to offer the 'Asr prayer, then one would go to Quba' and reach there and the sun would be still high.  

مسلم:٦٢١cوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى قُبَاءٍ فَيَأْتِيهِمْ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

nasai:507Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray 'Asr when the sun was still high and bright, and a person could go to Al-'Awali [1] when the sun was still high." [1] Al-'Awali is the southern most district of Al-Madinah, and it is very big. Its nearest limit is at a distance of about two miles from the center of Al-Madinah. While its furthest limit is about eight miles.  

النسائي:٥٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ وَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

abudawud:404Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the 'Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-'Awali and get there while the sun was still high.  

أبو داود:٤٠٤حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ وَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

ibnmajah:682Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah used to pray 'Asr when the sun was still hot and high, and if a person were to go to the suburbs (of Al-Madinah) he would be able to reach it while the sun was still hot and high.  

ابن ماجة:٦٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

malik:1-11Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Anas ibn Malik said, "We would pray asr and anyone who then went to Quba would arrive there while the sun was still high."  

مالك:١-١١وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى قُبَاءٍ فَيَأْتِيهِمْ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

ahmad:13331Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá And Hāshim > Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah used to pray 'Asr when the sun was still hot and high, and if a person were to go to the suburbs (of Al-Madinah) he would be able to reach it while the sun was still hot and high. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 682)  

أحمد:١٣٣٣١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى وَهَاشِمٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِي الْعَوَالِيَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

ahmad:13235ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to pray Asr while the sun was still bright and clear, then the one travelling would make his way towards the hills, where he would reach them while the sun was still high."  

أحمد:١٣٢٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ حَيَّةٌ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى العَوَالِي فَيَأْتِيهَا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

ahmad:13272Ḥammād b. Khālid > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Ibn Shihāb > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Asr when the sun was still shining and bright. Then he would go to al-Awalī and he would find it with the sun high in the sky.  

أحمد:١٣٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ حَيَّةٌ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِيهَا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

darimi:1244ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Anas

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Asr prayer, then the one who goes to Al-Awali comes to him while the sun is still high.  

الدارمي:١٢٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِيهَا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:1518Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah

Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the 'Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-'Awali and get there while the sun was still high. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 404)   

ابن حبّان:١٥١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ حَيَّةٌ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِيهَا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ: وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ أَرَادَ بِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْعَوَالِي

ibnhibban:1519Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas

The Messenger of Allah used to pray 'Asr when the sun was still hot and high, and if a person were to go to the suburbs (of Al-Madinah) he would be able to reach it while the sun was still hot and high. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 682)   

ابن حبّان:١٥١٩أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِي الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُعَصَّرَ بِهَا

ibnhibban:1520Ibn Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the Asr prayer while the sun was still high and radiant. Then, he would go to Al-Awali and the sun would still be high."  

ابن حبّان:١٥٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرِو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِي الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ فِي أَدَاءِ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَلَا يُؤَخِّرُهَا

ibnhibban:1522Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the 'Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-'Awali and get there while the sun was still high. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 404)   

ابن حبّان:١٥٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِي الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَالِثٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ الزَّجْرَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، أُرِيدَ بِهِ بَعْضُ ذَلِكَ الْبَعْدِ لَا الْكَلُّ

ibnhibban:1562Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Hilāl b. Yisāf > Wahbb. al-Ajdaʿ > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No prayer should be offered after ʿAsr unless the sun is bright and still high.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 610)   

ابن حبّان:١٥٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ الْأَجْدَعِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يُصَلَّى *الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

nasai-kubra:1507Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the 'Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-'Awali and get there while the sun was still high. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 404)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ وَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»  

bayhaqi:2076Biṣiḥḥah Dhalik Abū Ṣāliḥ Ibn Āb.ah Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī from my father > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Asr (afternoon prayer), and then the one who goes to Al-Awali goes. The sun was still high. Al-Zuhri said: Al-Awali is two or three miles away from the city, and I think it is four.  

البيهقي:٢٠٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا بِصِحَّةِ ذَلِكَ أَبُو صَالِحِ ابْنُ ابْنَةِ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي أنا جَدِّي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَالْعَوَالِي مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى مِيلَيْنِ وَثَلَاثَةٍ وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ  

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السيوطي:٨٥-٢٣b

"كَانَ يُصَلِّى العَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّة، فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهبُ فَيَأتِى العَوَالِى وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة