[Machine] They maintained the prayers and the prayer of Asr, so we recited it according to the era of the Messenger of Allah. Whatever Allah willed, we recited it. Then he said, "Indeed, Allah abrogated it and revealed (the verse) 'Maintain the prayers and the middle prayer.' "[Al-Baqarah 2:238] A man said to him, "Is Asr prayer included?" He said, "I have already informed you how it was revealed and how Allah abrogated it. And Allah knows best."  

نَزَلَتْ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنَّ نَقْرَأَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ نَسَخَهَا فَأَنْزَلَ {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة 238] فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَهِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ؟ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ كَيْفَ نَزَلَتْ وَكَيْفَ نَسَخَهَا اللهُ؟ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] We read it with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a long time ago (Preserve the prayers and the Asr prayer). Then we read it afterwards {Preserve the prayers and the middle prayer} [Al-Baqarah 238], so I don't know if it is this or not.  

قَرَأْنَاهَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَمَانًا (حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ) ثُمَّ قَرَأْنَاهَا بَعْدُ {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة 238] فَلَا أَدْرِي أَهِيَ هِيَ أَمْ لَا  

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Battle of the Trench, and he said, "May Allah fill their homes and graves with fire, as they have kept us from performing the middle prayer until the sun has set, which is the Asr prayer."  

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ فَقَالَ مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَهِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ  

I heard ʿAli ؓ say: On the day of al-Ahzab, we prayed ‘Asr between Maghrib and ʿIshaʿ. The Prophet ﷺ said: ʿThey distracted us from the middle prayer, ‘Asr, prayer, may Allah fill their graves and stomachs with fire.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 1246)   

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْأَحْزَابِ صَلَّيْنَا الْعَصْرَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَأَجْوَافَهُمْ نَارًا  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying on the day of Al-Ahzab, "They have distracted us from offering the Asr (noon) prayer until the sun has set. May Allah fill their graves and bellies with fire."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ يَقُولُ شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَأَجْوَافَهُمْ نَارًا  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "On the day of Al-Khandaq (the Battle of the Trench), we were preoccupied and missed the middle prayer (Dhuhr), so Allah filled their bellies and graves with fire."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا  

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

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ  

[Machine] "The middle prayer is the Asr prayer, as narrated with this chain of transmission. It was opposed by others, who narrated it from At-Taymi, said to be from Abu Huraira 2166. Abu Al-Husayn bin Bishran informed us, Isma'il bin Muhammad As-Saffar reported to me, Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Basri reported to me, Al-Ansari narrated to me, Sulayman At-Taymi informed me, mentioning it as suspended 2167. Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz and Abu Sa'id bin Abi Amr narrated to us, they said, Abu Al-Abbas Al-Asamm reported to us, Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal narrated to me, my father narrated to me, Yahya bin Sa'id narrated to me, from At-Taymi, mentioning it as suspended. Abdullah said, my father said, he is not Abu Salih As-Saman, nor Bazam, this is Basri, I see him weighty, meaning his name is Mizan (balance). The Sheikh said, this is the statement of Ali bin Abi Talib in the two most authentic narrations from him, and the statement of Ubay bin Ka'b, Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, Abu Huraira, Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-'As, and one of the two narrations from Ibn 'Umar, and Ibn 'Abbas, and Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri, and Aisha, and it was also narrated from Qabisa bin Dhuwib, who is from the Tabi'in, that it is the Maghrib prayer."  

ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ كَذَا رُوِيَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ خَالَفَهُ غَيْرُهُ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ التَّيْمِيِّ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ 2166 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ مَوْقُوفًا 2167 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ التَّيْمِيِّ فَذَكَرَهُ مَوْقُوفًا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَبِي لَيْسَ هُوَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانُ وَلَا بَاذَامُ هَذَا بَصْرِيُّ أُرَاهُ مِيزَانَ يَعْنِي اسْمُهُ مِيزَانُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهَذَا قَوْلُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فِي أَصَحِّ الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ عَنْهُ وَقَوْلُ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَإِحْدَى الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَعَائِشَةَ ؓ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُوَيْبٍ وَهُوَ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ أَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ