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ahmad:13861ʿAffān > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah

[Machine] Narrated Thabit: Anas said, "I do not see anything in you today that I used to see in you when I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , except for your saying: 'La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah).' He said, 'I said, 'O Abu Hamza (Anas), what about the Salah (prayer)?' He said, 'You have performed Salah when the sun has set (i.e., after the evening prayer time). Was that the time of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ Salah?' He said, 'Verily, the best times for a worker from your time no now is this time, except for a time with a Prophet.'"  

أحمد:١٣٨٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ

حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌقَالَ أَنَسٌ مَا أَعْرِفُ فِيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ شَيْئًا كُنْتُ أَعْهَدُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ قَوْلَكُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتُمْ حِينَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ أَفَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلَى أَنِّي لَمْ أَرَ زَمَانًا خَيْرًا لِعَامِلٍ مِنْ زَمَانِكُمْ هَذَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ زَمَانًا مَعَ نَبِيٍّ