[Machine] I have never seen a person who was more swift in his actions at noon than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, except for his father and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, like this.  

مَا رَأَيْتُ إِنْسَانًا كَانَ أَشَدَّ تَعْجِيلًا بِالظُّهْرِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا اسْتَثْنَتْ أَبَاهَا وَلَا عُمَرَ هَكَذَا  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "In very hot weather delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire. The Hell-fire of Hell complained to its Lord saying: O Lord! My parts are eating (destroying) one another. So Allah allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in the summer. The breath in the summer is at the time when you feel the severest heat and the breath in the winter is at the time when you feel the severest cold." (Using translation from Bukhārī 536)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ وَاشْتَكَتِ النَّارُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا ﷻ فَقَالَتْ رَبِّ آكُلُ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا فَأَذِنَ لَهَا بِنَفَسَيْنِ نَفَسٌ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنَفَسٌ فِي الصَّيْفِ فَهُوَ أَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الْحَرِّ وَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الزَّمْهَرِيرِ  

[Machine] He said, "The most intense heat you will find is from its summer heat, and the most intense cold you will find is from its winter cold."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الْحَرِّ فَمِنْ حَرِّهَا وَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ فَمَنْ زَمْهَرِيرِهَا  

When the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes fairly cool, for the violent heat comes from the bubbling over the Hell. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 402)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ ابْنُ مَوْهَبٍ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When it is hot, cool down from praying, for the intensity of the heat is from the breeze of Hell. And it is mentioned that the Fire complained to its Lord, so He granted it two breaths in every year: a breath in the winter and a breath in the summer."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ النَّارَ اشْتَكَتْ إِلَى رَبِّهَا ﷻ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ بِنَفَسَيْنِ نَفْسٍ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنَفَسٍ فِي الصَّيْفِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Cool off with the midday, for the intensity of the heat is from the breath of Hellfire."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبْرِدُوا بِالظُّهْرِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ  

[Machine] I heard Abu Dharr saying, "We were with the Prophet ﷺ, and the Mu'adhdhin intended to call for the Dhuhr (midday) prayer. Abu Dharr said, 'Wait a bit.' Then the Mu'adhdhin intended to call for the prayer again, and Abu Dharr said, 'Wait a bit' two or three times until we saw a white spot in the horizon. Then Abu Dharr said, 'The intensity of heat is from the heat of Hell, so when it is very hot, cool it down with prayer.' Abu Dawud said, 'He (Abu Dharr) was a Muhajir and the companion of Abu al-Hasan.'"  

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَرَادَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ الظُّهْرَ فَقَالَ أَبْرِدْ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ فَقَالَ أَبْرِدْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فَيْءَ التُّلُولِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هُوَ مُهَاجِرٌ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ  

[Machine] He heard Abu Dharr say that he was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and the caller to prayer called the adhan, so the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Calm down and remember it." And Ghandar reported the same from Shu'bah.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبْرِدْ وَذَكَرَهُ وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَهُ غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ called the Muadhin to give the call to the Dhuhr prayer, then he said to him, "Make it cooler, make it cooler." He also said, "Wait, wait." He said, "Indeed, the intensity of the heat is from the breath of Hell, so when it gets very hot, cool down from praying." Abu Dharr said, "We kept waiting until we saw the white mark on the horizon."  

أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبْرِدْ أَبْرِدْ وَقَالَ انْتَظِرِ انْتَظِرْ وَقَالَ إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فَيْءَ التُّلُولِ  

[Machine] And the other one said, Bilal used to call the Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) when the sun set.  

وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ كَانَ بِلَالٌ يُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ  

[Machine] Bilal used to not pay attention to the call to prayer, and sometimes he would delay the call to commence the prayer. His statement was made before the sunset.  

كَانَ بِلَالٌ لَا يَحْذِمُ الْأَذَانَ وَكَانَ رُبَّمَا أَخَّرَ الْإِقَامَةَ شَيْئًا وَقَدْ مَضَى قَوْلُهُ كَانَ بِلَالٌ يُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ  

[Machine] Who among us complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the heat of Ramadan, but he did not sympathize with us? I said to Abu Ishaq during the afternoon prayer...  

شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّ الرَّمْضَاءِ فَلَمْ يُشْكِنَا قُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ فِي الظُّهْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ أَفِي تَعْجِيلِهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

[Machine] We complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the heat of the afternoon, but he did not complain. He said, "When the sun sets, then pray."  

شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّمْضَاءَ فَمَا أَشْكَانَا وَقَالَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَصَلُّوا  

I would offer my noon prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and took a handful of gravels so that they might become cold in my hand and I placed them (before me) so that I may put my forehead on them at the time when I would prostrate. I did this due to the intensity of heat. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 399)   

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَآخُذُ قَبْضَةً مِنَ الْحَصَا لِتَبْرُدَ فِي كَفِّي أَضَعُهَا لِجَبْهَتِي أَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهَا لِشِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ  

[Machine] We used to pray the Dhuhr prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Al-Hajirah. He said to us, "Cool yourselves with prayer, for the intensity of the heat is from the exhaled breath of Hellfire." Abu Isa At-Tirmidhi, in what has been reported to me from him, said: I asked Muhammad, meaning Al-Bukhari, about this hadith, and he considered it reliable and said.  

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ فَقَالَ لَنَا أَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْهُ سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يَعْنِي الْبُخَارِيَّ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَعَدَّهُ مَحْفُوظًا وَقَالَ  

[Machine] You are in a hot town, so cool down on people, then cool down two or three times, then make the call to prayer, then go down and perform two rak'ahs, then cover your residence.  

إِنَّكَ فِي بَلْدَةٍ حَارَّةٍ فَأَبْرِدَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ثُمَّ أَبْرِدْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَذِّنْ ثُمَّ انْزِلْ فَارْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ ثَوِّبْ إِقَامَتَكَ  

[Machine] When we used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we would prostrate on our clothing to protect ourselves from the heat.  

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالظَّهَائِرِ سَجَدْنَا عَلَى ثِيَابِنَا اتِّقَاءَ الْحَرِّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Dhuhr prayer in the winter and we do not know whether the day was longer or shorter. This indicates the difference between winter and summer in terms of prayer times. And it is correct that Bakr ibn Abdullah al-Muzani delayed it in the heat, except that he did not delay it until its last time. They used to find the burning heat of the sand and pebbles along with the delay. And Allah knows best.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ فِي أَيَّامِ الشِّتَاءِ وَمَا نَدْرِي مَا مَضَى مِنَ النَّهَارِ أَكْثَرَ أَوْ مَا بَقِيَ وَفِي هَذَا إِنْ صَحَّ كَالدِّلَالَةِ عَلَى الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ فِي وَقْتِ صَلَاتِهِ ﷺ وَأَنَّ خَبَرَ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ مَحْمُولٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ أَخَّرَهَا فِي الْحَرِّ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُبْلَغْ بِتَأْخِيرِهَا آخِرَ وَقْتِهَا فَكَانُوا يَجِدُونَ مَعَ التَّأْخِيرِ حَرَّ الرِّمَالِ وَالْبَطْحَاءِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] We used to pray Asr, then the traveler would go to Quba, and they would come to them while the sun was still high.  

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى قُبَاءَ فَيَأْتِيهِمْ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

[Machine] That he informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Asr prayer when the sun was still high and white, and when the sun starts to decline, he would go to the Awali (hills) while the sun is still high and white.  

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

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Asr prayer while the sun was still high. Then, people would go to the outskirts where the sun was still high. Some of the outskirts were four miles or three miles away from the city. Al-Bukhari added that Al-Laith narrated from Yunus that the distance of the outskirts was four miles or three miles.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ وَبَعْضُ الْعَوَالِي مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَمْيَالٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ زَادَ اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يُونُسَ وَبُعْدُ الْعَوَالِي أَرْبَعَةُ أَمْيَالٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةُ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the Asr prayer while the sun was still high. Then, the one who wanted to go to Al-Awali would go and when they arrived, the sun was still high. Some of the Awali were located four miles away from the city.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي فَيَأْتِيهَا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ وَبَعْضُ الْعَوَالِي مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَمْيَالٍ  

[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.  

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

By the life of the sun is meant that you may find heat in it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 406)   

أَنْ تَجِدَ حَرَّهَا  

[Machine] He said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying Dhuhr when the sun had tilted and sometimes he would delay it due to the intensity of the heat. He would also pray Asr when the sun was still high, and a man would be able to walk from the time he finished until reaching Dhul-Hulayfah, a distance of six miles, before sunset." He mentioned the Hadith.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَرُبَّمَا أَخَّرَهَا فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ يَسِيرُ الرَّجُلُ حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ مِنْهَا إِلَى ذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ سِتَّةَ أَمْيَالٍ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] "What is this, O Mu'ghira? By Allah, I know that Jibril (Gabriel), ﷺ , came down and offered the prayer with the Prophet ﷺ. Then, the Prophet ﷺ offered the prayer again. Then, the Prophet ﷺ offered the prayer again. Then, the Prophet ﷺ offered the prayer again. He offered five prayers. Then, he said, 'This is how I was commanded.' Umar was startled when Urwah bin Az-Zubair narrated this to him. Umar said, 'Do you know what you are saying, O Urwah? Jibril himself established the prayer time for them?' Urwah said, 'Yes, Bashir bin Abi Mas'ud narrated the same from his father.' Urwah continued, 'Aisha told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer the Asr prayer while the sun was still in her chamber before it appeared. Umar bin Abd al-Aziz continued to learn the prayer time with a sign from that day until he left this world.'"  

مَا هَذَا يَا مُغِيرَةُ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ لَقَدْ نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَصَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا أُمِرْتُ فَفَزِعَ عُمَرُ حِينَ حَدَّثَهُ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ اعْلَمْ مَا تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ يَا عُرْوَةُ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ لَهُوَ أَقَامَ لَهُمْ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ بَشِيرُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ وَلَقَدْ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَظْهَرَ الشَّمْسُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَتَعَلَّمُ وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ بِعَلَامَةٍ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا  

[Machine] That Jibreel ﷺ descended and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed? So he mentioned the hadith in its wording, Urwah said, "Indeed Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Asr and the sun in his room before it disappeared."  

أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ وَلَقَدْ حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَظْهَرَ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Asr when the sun was still shining in the depths of my room 2082. Abu Salih ibn Abi Tahir narrated to us, informing us about my grandfather Yahya ibn Mansur, who narrated to us about Ahmad ibn Salamah, who narrated to us about Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, who narrated to us about Abu Mu'awiyah, who narrated to us about Hisham ibn 'Urwah, that he mentioned it and said, 'The sun is still white in the depths of my room.' Al-Shafi'i commented on Malik's hadith by saying that this is one of the clearest reports from the earliest times, because the room of the Prophet's wives was situated in a low area of Madinah and it was not spacious, and that is closer to the sun setting from it at the beginning of the time of Asr."  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ فِي قَعْرِ حُجْرَتِي 2082 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحِ بْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ ثنا جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ فَذَكَرَهُ وَقَالَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ فِي قَعْرِ حُجْرَتِي قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ عَقِيبَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ وَهَذَا مِنْ أَبْيَنِ مَا رُوِيَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ لِأَنَّ حُجْرَةَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَوْضِعٍ مُنْخَفِضٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَلَيْسَتْ بِالْوَاسِعَةِ وَذَلِكَ أَقْرَبُ لَهَا مِنْ أَنْ يَرْتَفِعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْهَا فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِ الْعَصْرِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the afternoon prayer. When he completed it, a person from Bani Salama came to him and said: Messenger of Allah, we intend to slaughter our came and we are desirous that you should also be present there (on this occasion). He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the person) went and we also went along with him and we found that the camel had not been slaughtered yet. Then it was slaughtered, and it was cut into pieces and then some of those were cooked, and then we ate (them) before the setting of the sun. This hadith has also been narrated by another chain of transmitters. (Using translation from Muslim 624)   

أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ نَنْحَرُ جَزُورًا لَنَا وَنُحِبُّ أَنْ تَحْضُرَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَانْطَلَقَ وَانْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ فَوَجَدْنَا الْجَزُورَ لَمْ تُنْحَرْ فَنُحِرَتْ ثُمَّ قُطِعَتْ ثُمَّ طُبِخَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ أَكَلْنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ  

[Machine] "Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Abdullah al-Susi informed us, they said: Abu al-Abbas informed us, Sa'id ibn Uthman al-Tanukhi informed us, Bishr ibn Bakr narrated to me, who said: Al-Awza'i informed me, who said: Abu al-Najashi informed me, who said: Rifa'a ibn Khadij narrated, he said: We used to pray the Asr prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then the animals were slaughtered and divided into ten portions, then we would cook and eat well-cooked meat before the sun would set."  

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ التَّنُوخِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ تُنْحَرُ الْجَزُورُ فَتُقْسَمُ عَشْرَ قِسَمٍ ثُمَّ نَطْبُخُ فَنَأْكُلُ لَحْمًا نَضِيجًا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ  

[Machine] "About Yahya ibn Yahya."  

عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the afternoon prayer as much as the sacrificial animals are being slaughtered, then he would take a bite before the sunset, and he would be able to go to the Banu Harithah ibn Al-Harith and return before the sunset."  

أَنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ بِقَدْرِ مَا تُنْحَرُ الْجَزُورُ ثُمَّ نَعَضُّهَا لِغُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَدْرِ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى بَنِي حَارِثَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ فَيَرْجِعُ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ  

[Machine] The passage translates to:

"The 'Asr prayer, and this is the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we used to pray with him."  

الْعَصْرُ وَهَذِهِ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّتِي كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَهُ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "That is the prayer of the hypocrite, he sits watching the sun until it is between the horns of the devil, then he stands and performs four (rak'ahs) without mentioning Allah except a little. This is the wording of the hadith of Abu al-Rabi'."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِ يَجْلِسُ يَرْقُبُ الشَّمْسَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيِ الشَّيْطَانِ قَامَ فَنَقَرَهَا أَرْبَعًا لَا يَذْكُرُ اللهَ ﷻ فِيهَا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ  

We came upon Anas b. Malik after the Zuhr prayer. He stood for saying the 'Asr prayer. When he became free from praying, we mentioned to him about observing prayer in its early period or he himself mentioned it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: This is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray: He sits (watching the sun), and when it becomes yellow and is between the horns of the devil, or is on the horns of the devil, he rises and prays for rak'ahs quickly, remembering Allah only seldom during them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 413)   

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَجْلِسُ أَحَدُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا اصْفَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ فَكَانَتْ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيِ الشَّيْطَانِ أَوْ عَلَى قَرْنَيِ الشَّيْطَانِ قَامَ فَنَقَرَهَا أَرْبَعًا لَا يَذْكُرُ اللهَ ﷻ فِيهَا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا  

[Machine] We were with Buraida during a battle on a cloudy day. He said, "Hurry up and pray the Asr (afternoon) prayer, for indeed the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever abandons the Asr prayer, their deeds will be in vain.'"  

كُنَّا مَعَ بُرَيْدَةَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي غَيْمٍ فَقَالَ بَكِّرُوا بِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ  

"We were with the Messenger of Allah on a campaign, and he said: 'Hasten to perform prayer on a cloudy day, for whoever misses the 'Asr prayer, all his good deeds will be in vain.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 694)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ غَزَوَاتِهِ فَقَالَ بَكِّرُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ فِي يَوْمِ الْغَيْمِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ  

[Machine] "That which is missed of the Asr prayer is as if one has lost his wealth and children."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الَّذِي تَفُوتُهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ كَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ  

Anyone who loses his 'Asr prayer is like a person whose family has perished and whose property has been plundered. Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar narrated the word utira (instead of wutira, meaning perished). The dispute on this point goes back to Ayyub. Al-Zuhri reported from Salim on the authority of this father from the Prophet ﷺ the word 'wutira'. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 414)   

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي الَّذِي تَفُوتُهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ كَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet, ﷺ : "Whoever misses the Asr prayer, it is as if he has lost his family and wealth." Ali said, "I said to Sufyan, 'Indeed, the son of Abu Dhi'b narrates from Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya, who heard the Prophet, ﷺ .' So Sufyan said, 'I have heard it from him, and my heart preserved it just as you have preserved it from Salim who heard it from his father.'"  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ فَاتَهُ الْعَصْرُ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ فَإِنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ يُسْنِدُهُ عَنْ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي وَحَفِظْتُهُ كَمَا أَنَّكَ هَاهُنَا عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Whoever misses a prayer, it is as if his family and wealth have been taken away." Ibn Shihab said, "So I said, 'O Abu Bakr, do you know which prayer he is referring to?' Ibn Shihab said, 'It has reached me that Abdullah ibn Umar ibn Al-Khattab said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, 'Whoever misses the Asr prayer, it is as if his family and wealth have been taken away.'" Abu Dawood At-Tiyalisi narrated this hadith from Ibn Abi Dhi'b and said in the end, "Az-Zuhri mentioned this to Salim, so he said, 'My father narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, "Whoever leaves the Asr prayer"'." Salih ibn Kaysan narrated this hadith from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Bakr ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Al-Harith, from Abdul Rahman ibn Muti' ibn Al-Aswad, from Nawfal ibn Mu'awiyah, similar to the hadith of Abu Huraira, meaning it was narrated from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding tribulations, except that Abu Bakr added, 'And the prayer is the prayer of whoever misses it, it is as if his family and wealth have been taken away.' And it is mentioned in the Sahihain (Bukhari and Muslim) and the hadith is preserved by both of them."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَتَدْرِي أَيَّةَ صَلَاةٍ هِيَ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِسَالِمٍ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَقَدْ رَوَى صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُطِيعِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَعْنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتَنِ إِلَّا أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَزِيدُ فِيهِ وَمَنِ الصَّلَاةِ صَلَاةُ مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ وَهُوَ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ وَالْحَدِيثُ مَحْفُوظٌ عَنْهُمَا جَمِيعًا  

[Machine] "And pray the night prayer, in addition to a third of it or a little less or more, and recite the Quran in a measured manner. Indeed, We will charge you with a word of weight. Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words. Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation. And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with complete devotion. He is the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of your affairs. And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance. And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little. We have shackles with which We bind them, and they are in chains. And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see. It is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward. Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register."  

وَأَنْ صَلِّ الْعَتَمَةَ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنْ أَخَّرْتَ فَإِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ إِنَّ أَهَمَّ أَمَرِكُمْ عِنْدِي الصَّلَاةُ مَنْ حَفِظَهَا أَوْ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا حَفِظَ دِينَهُ وَمَنْ ضَيَّعَهَا فَهُوَ لِمَا سِوَاهَا أَضَيْعُ وَكَتَبَ أَنْ صَلُّوا الظُّهْرَ إِذَا كَانَ الْفَيْءُ ذِرَاعًا إِلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فَرْسَخَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً وَالْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَاءَ إِذَا غَابَ الشَّفَقُ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ وَالصُّبْحُ وَالنُّجُومُ بَادِيَةٌ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ  

[Machine] She came to Aisha in the women of the people of Kufa, so we said, "O Mother of the Believers, we ask you about the timing of prayers." She said, "Sit down," so we sat down. When it was the hour that you call midday, she got up and prayed with us while standing in the middle. When she finished, I said to her, "O Mother of the Believers, we pray this prayer in our lands at midday." She said, "This is the prayer of the family of Muhammad ﷺ ." Then we sat down. When it was the hour that you call between the prayers, she prayed Asr with us. We said to her, "O Mother of the Believers, we pray this prayer in our lands between the prayers." She said, "This is the prayer of the family of Muhammad ﷺ . The family of Muhammad ﷺ does not pray Asr." She said, "If it was someone other than Aisha, we would think that she already prayed Maghrib before it was due. But I know that Aisha does not pray except at the time when it becomes due and she recited aloud in Maghrib, so women from the people of Sham sought permission from her and she said, 'Do not give them permission, as they are the ones who frequent the public baths.'"  

أَنَّهَا أَتَتْ عَائِشَةَ فِي نِسْوَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقُلْنَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نَسْأَلُكِ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَوَاتِ قَالَتْ اجْلِسْنَ فَجَلَسْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَهَا نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ قَامَتْ فَصَلَّتْ بِنَا وَهِيَ قَائِمَةٌ وَسْطَنَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَتْ قُلْتُ لَهَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَا نَدْعُو هَذِهِ فِي بِلَادِنَا نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ قَالَتْ هَذِهِ صَلَاتُنَا آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَلَسْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَهَا بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ صَلَّتْ بِنَا الْعَصْرَ فَقُلْنَا لَهَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّا نَدْعُو هَذِهِ فِي بِلَادِنَا بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ قَالَتْ هَذِهِ صَلَاتُنَا آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِنَّا آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ لَا نُصَلِّي الصَّفْرَاءَ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ جَلَسْنَا فَلَوْ كَانَ غَيْرَ عَائِشَةَ لَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهَا قَدْ صَلَّتِ الْمَغْرِبَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَجِبَ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنْ عَائِشَةَ لَا تُصَلِّي إِلَّا عِنْدَ الْوَقْتِ حِينَ وَجَبَتْ وَجَهَرَتْ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهَا نِسْوَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَأْذَنِي لَهُنَّ صَوَاحِبِ الْحَمَّامَاتِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Jibril led me in prayer at the House (i.e. the Kaaba) twice, and he mentioned the prayer in every time. He said: 'In the two times of the day (i.e. in the morning and afternoon prayers) pray all of them together.' And he prayed the Maghrib prayer with me when the fasting person breaks their fast."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ كُلَّ صَلَاةٍ فِي وَقْتَيْنِ وَقَالَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ فِي الْيَوْمَيْنِ جَمِيعًا وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Maghrib prayer when the sun set and disappeared behind the veil, according to the narration of Abu Salih.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ  

[Machine] We used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Maghrib prayer, and one of us would leave while still seeing the positions of his noble hadith of Abu Salih.  

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ فَيَنْصَرِفُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ يَرَى مَوَاضِعَ نَبْلِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ  

[Machine] We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , then we would throw (arrows) and one of us would see the strange position of his arrow with this chain of narration.  

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ نَرْمِي فَيَرَى أَحَدُنَا مَوَاقِعَ سَهْمِهِ غَرِيبٌ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ  

[Machine] Indeed, a person who throws his arrow will see the places where his arrow lands. Abu Ja'far Al-Hulwani had doubts about some of his words, and the narration is preserved from Yahya and others, from Bishr, with this wording. "Salat al-Basar" refers to the Maghrib prayer, and it is named such because it is performed before the darkness of night.  

أَنَّ إِنْسَانًا رَمَى بِنَبْلِهِ أَبْصَرَ مَوَاقِعَ نَبْلِهِ شَكَّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ فِي بَعْضِ أَلفَاظِهِ وَالْحَدِيثُ مَحْفُوظٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ بِشْرٍ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ وَصَلَاةُ الْبَصَرِ أَرَادَ بِهَا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَإِنَّمَا سَمِّيَتْ صَلَاةَ الْبَصَرِ لِأَنَّهَا تُؤَدَّى قَبْلَ ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ  

[Machine] We besieged the fortress of Taif with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he used to pray the Maghrib prayer with us while one of us would see the places of his noblemarks.  

حَاصَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِصْنَ الطَّائِفِ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِنَا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَأَحَدُنَا يَرَى مَوَاقِعَ نَبْلِهِ  

[Machine] "He stole from her two men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ , both of whom were not averse to doing good. One of them would hasten the sunset prayer and hasten the breaking of the fast, while the other would delay the sunset prayer and delay the breaking of the fast. She asked, 'Which of them hastens the sunset prayer and hastens the breaking of the fast?' Ibn Mas'ood said, 'This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do.'"  

لَهَا مَسْرُوقٌ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كِلَاهُمَا لَا يَأْلُو عَنِ الْخَيْرِ أَحَدُهُمَا يُعَجِّلُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَيُعَجِّلُ الْإِفْطَارَ وَالْآخَرُ يُؤَخِّرُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَيُؤَخِّرُ الْإِفْطَارَ قَالَتْ أَيُّهُمَا الَّذِي يُعَجِّلُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَيُعَجِّلُ الْإِفْطَارَ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَتْ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ