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ahmad:17018Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Yazīd b. Ṭalq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Baylamānī > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

[Machine] "I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, who embraced Islam along with you?' He replied, 'A free man and a slave' meaning Abu Bakr and Bilal. Then I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I may not know. Are there any hours of the day that are better than others?' He said, 'The last part of the night is the best, as it is witnessed and accepted until the Fajr prayer. Then it should be avoided until the sun rises, because it rises between the horns of Satan and the disbelievers prostrate to it. Then pray when it's time, as it is witnessed and accepted until the shadow of an object becomes equal to its length. Then avoid it, as it is a time when the Hellfire is stoked. When it disappears, pray, as it is witnessed and accepted until the Asr prayer. Then avoid it until the sun sets, because it sets between the horns of Satan and the disbelievers prostrate to it.' Amr ibn Abasa used to say, 'I am a quarter of Islam.'"  

أحمد:١٧٠١٨حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ طَلْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْبَيْلَمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَكَ؟ فَقَالَ حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالًافَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي مِمَّا تَعْلَمُ وَأَجْهَلُ هَلْ مِنَ السَّاعَاتِ سَاعَةٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْأُخْرَى؟ قَالَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ أَفْضَلُ فَإِنَّهَا مَشْهُودَةٌ مُتَقَبَّلَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ انْهَهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مَا دَامَتْ كَالْحَجَفَةِ حَتَّى تَنْتَشِرَ فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ وَيَسْجُدُ لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي فَإِنَّهَا مَشْهُودَةٌ مُتَقَبَّلَةٌ حَتَّى يَسْتَوِيَ الْعَمُودُ عَلَى ظِلِّهِ ثُمَّ انْهَهُ فَإِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُسْجَرُ فِيهَا الْجَحِيمُ فَإِذَا زَالَتْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّهَا مَشْهُودَةٌ مُتَقَبَّلَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ انْهَهُ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ وَيَسْجُدُ لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ وَكَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ يَقُولُ أَنَا رُبُعُ الْإِسْلَامِ  


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nasai:584al-Ḥasan b. Ismāʿīl b. Sulaymān And ʾAyyūb b. Muḥammad > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Ayyūb > Ḥasan > Shuʿbah > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > Yazīd b. Ṭalq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Baylamānī > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

"I came to the Messenger of Allah, who became Muslim with you?' He said: 'Free men and slaves.' I said: 'Is there any moment which brings one closer to Allah than another?' He said: 'Yes, the last part of the night, so pray as much as you want until you pray Subh, then stop until the sun has risen until and it looks like a shield and (its shinning)spreads. Then pray as much as you want until an object's shadow is at its shortest, then stop until the sun passes its zenith, for Hell is stoked at midday. Then pray 'Asr, then stop until you pray 'Asr, then stop until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of a Shaitan and rises between the horns of a Shaitan.'" [1] [1] Similar has been recorded by Muslim.  

النسائي:٥٨٤أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ حَسَنٌ أَخْبَرَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ طَلْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْبَيْلَمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَكَ قَالَ حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ قُلْتُ هَلْ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ مِنْ أُخْرَى قَالَ نَعَمْ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ فَصَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَكَ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ انْتَهِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَمَا دَامَتْ وَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ فَمَا دَامَتْ كَأَنَّهَا حَجَفَةٌ حَتَّى تَنْتَشِرَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَكَ حَتَّى يَقُومَ الْعَمُودُ عَلَى ظِلِّهِ ثُمَّ انْتَهِ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تُسْجَرُ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَكَ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ انْتَهِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَىْ شَيْطَانٍ وَتَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَىْ شَيْطَانٍ