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ahmad:990 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Isḥāq al-Tirmidhī > al-Ashjaʿī > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > ʿAbīdah al-Salmānī > ʿAlī

We thought that it was Fajr, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIt is Asr prayer” - meaning the middle prayer.  

أحمد:٩٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ كُنَّا نُرَاهَا الْفَجْرَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هِيَ صَلاةُالْعَصْرِ يَعْنِي صَلاةَ الْوُسْطَى  

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nasai:509 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. ʿUthmān b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl > Ṣallaynā Maʿ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ẓuhr Thum Kharajnā Ḥattá Dakhalnā > Anas b. Mālik Fawajadnāh Yuṣallī al-ʿAṣr > Yā ʿAm Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh al--Atī Ṣallayt

"I heard Abu Umamah bin Sahl say: 'We prayed Zuhr with 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz, then we went out and entered upon Anas bin Malik, and we found him praying 'Asr.'" I said: "O uncle, what is this prayer that you prayed?" He said: "'Asr; this is the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we used to pray with him."  

النسائي:٥٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ بْنَ سَهْلٍ يَقُولُ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ قُلْتُ يَا عَمِّ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةُ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ قَالَ

الْعَصْرَ وَهَذِهِ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي  

tirmidhi:181 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > Zubayd > Murrah al-Hamdānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

Messenger of Allah said: "Salatul-Wusta is the Asr prayer."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:١٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:20155 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

"The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: 'The middle Salat is Salat Al-'Asr.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2983)   

أحمد:٢٠١٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ صَلَاةَ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْغَدَاةِ

ibnhibban:1746 – Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Zuhayr > al-Jarrāḥ b. Makhlad > ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Qatādah > Muwarriq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah said: "Salatul-Wusta is the Asr prayer." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 181)  

ابن حبّان:١٧٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجَرَّاحُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُوَرِّقٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ»  

tabarani:6825 – [Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ [Chain 2] Mūsá b. Hārūn > Abū Ghassān al-Mismaʿī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

We thought that it was Fajr, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIt is Asr prayer” - meaning the middle prayer. (Using translation from Aḥmad 990)   

الطبراني:٦٨٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ»  

tabarani:6826 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > ʿAlī b. Hāshim b. Marzūq al-Rāzī > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

"The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: 'The middle Salat is Salat Al-'Asr.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2983)   

الطبراني:٦٨٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ»