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bayhaqi:1721Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > Abū Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān al-Aṣfahānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Ḥātim > Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah b. ʿAlqamah Fīmā Katab Ilī from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Ḥassān b. ʿAṭiyyah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the timing of prayer. He prayed Dhuhr when the shadow was as long as the handle of a spear, and he prayed Asr when the shadow was the same length. He prayed Maghrib when the sun had set, and he prayed Isha when the twilight had disappeared. He prayed Fajr when the first light of dawn appeared. Then he prayed Dhuhr on the second day when the shadow was the same length, and he prayed Asr when the shadow was the same length. He prayed Maghrib when the sun had set, and he prayed Isha in the third of the night. He prayed Fajr after it had become bright. Then he said, "Verily, Jibreel informed me that the time between these two times is a time."  

البيهقي:١٧٢١وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلِيَّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ثنا حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ فَاءَ الْفَيْءَ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ صَارَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ بَدَا أَوَّلُ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ الْيَوْمَ الثَّانِي حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَيْهِ وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ بَعْدَ مَا أَسْفَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَمَّنِي لَيُعَلِّمَكُمْ أَنَّ مَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ وَقْتٌ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:504ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Thawr > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Jābir

"A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the times of prayer. He said: 'Pray with me.' So he prayed Zuhr when the sun had passsed its zenith, 'Asr when the shadow of a thing was equal to its height, Maghrib when the sun had set and 'Isha' when the twilight had disappeared." He said: "Then he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of a man was equal in length to his height, 'Asr when the length of a man's shadow was twice his height, and Maghrib just before the twilight disappeared." (One of the narrators) 'Abdullah bin Al-Harith said: "then he said: 'With regard to 'Isha' I think it is up to one-third of the night.'" [1] [1] The speaker there is Thawr, who narrated it from 'Ata' from Jabir.  

النسائي:٥٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرٌ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ صَلِّ مَعِي فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَىْءُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مِثْلَهُ وَالْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَىْءُ الإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَهُ وَالْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَىْءُ الإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَيْهِ وَالْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ كَانَ قُبَيْلَ غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّفَقِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الْعِشَاءِ أُرَى إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ  

tirmidhi:149Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿAyyāsh b. Abū Rabīʿah > Ḥakīm b. Ḥakīm / Ibn ʿAbbād b. Ḥunayf > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > Ibn ʿAbbās

the Prophet said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) led me (in Salat) twice at the House. So he prayed Zuhr the first time when the shadow was similar to (the length of) the strap a sandal. Then he prayed Asr when everything was similar (to the length of) its shadow. Then he prayed Maghrib when the sun had set and the fasting person breaks fast. Then he prayed Isha when the twilight had vanished. Then he prayed Fajr when Fajr (dawn) began, and when eating is prohibited for the fasting person. The second time he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of everything was similar to (the length of) it, at the time of Asr the day before. Then he prayed Asr when the shadow of everything was about twice as long as it. Then he prayed Maghrib at the same time as he did the first time. Then he prayed Isha, the later one, when a third of the night had gone. Then he prayed Subh when the land glowed. Then Jibril turned towards me and said: "O Muhammad! These are the times of the Prophets before you, and the (best) time is what is between these two times."  

الترمذي:١٤٩حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ فِي الأُولَى مِنْهُمَا حِينَ كَانَ الْفَىْءُ مِثْلَ الشِّرَاكِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَ ظِلِّهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَأَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ حِينَ بَرَقَ الْفَجْرُ وَحَرُمَ الطَّعَامُ عَلَى الصَّائِمِ وَصَلَّى الْمَرَّةَ الثَّانِيَةَ الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ لِوَقْتِ الْعَصْرِ بِالأَمْسِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ لِوَقْتِهِ الأَوَّلِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الآخِرَةَ حِينَ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ أَسْفَرَتِ الأَرْضُ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا وَقْتُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَالْوَقْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَبُرَيْدَةَ وَأَبِي مُوسَى وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ وَالْبَرَاءِ وَأَنَسٍ
ahmad:14790ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Thawr b. Yazīd > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the timing of salah (prayer), so he said, "Pray with me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Fajr when dawn appeared, then he prayed Dhuhr when the sun had passed its zenith, then he prayed Asr when the shadow of a person was equal to his height, then he prayed Maghrib when the sun had set, then he prayed Isha when the twilight disappeared, then he prayed Fajr when it became dawn again, then he prayed Dhuhr when the shadow of a person was equal to his height, then he prayed Asr when the shadow of a person was twice his height, then he prayed Maghrib before the twilight disappeared, then he prayed Isha. Some of them said, "One-third of the night" and some of them said, "Half of it."  

أحمد:١٤٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ وَقْتِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ صَلِّ مَعِي فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَيْءُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّفَقِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فَأَسْفَرَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَيْءُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَيْءُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ قَبْلَ غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّفَقِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ ثُلُثَ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ شَطْرَهُ  

ahmad:11249Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Lahīʿah b. ʿUqbah > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Saʿīd b. Sūwayd al-Sāʿidī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Jibril led me in prayer, so I prayed Dhuhr when the sun had passed its zenith, and I prayed Asr when the shadow of everything was equal to its height, and I prayed Maghrib when the sun had set, and I prayed Isha when the twilight had disappeared, and I prayed Fajr when the dawn had appeared. Then the next day came and I prayed Dhuhr when the sun had passed its zenith and everything had the same length of shadow as before, and I prayed Asr when the shadow was twice as long as the object. Then I prayed Maghrib when the sun had set, and I prayed Isha until the first third of the night had passed. Then I prayed Subh when the sun was about to rise."  

أحمد:١١٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ الْفَيْءُ قَامَةً وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ وَصَلَّى الْفَجْرَ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الْغَدُ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَفَيْءُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلُهُ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ وَالظِّلُّ قَامَتَانِ وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ تَطْلُعُ ثُمَّ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ  

tabarani:5443Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Lahīʿah > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Sūwayd al-Sāʿidī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] He heard Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Jibril prayed the Dhuhr prayer when the sun declined, and he prayed the Asr prayer when it became straight. He prayed the Maghrib prayer when the sun set, and he prayed the Isha prayer when the twilight disappeared. He prayed the Fajr prayer when dawn broke. Then he prayed on the second day: he prayed the Dhuhr prayer, and everything had its equivalent. He prayed the Asr prayer, and everything had its equivalent. He prayed the Maghrib prayer when an hour had passed from sunset, and he prayed the Isha prayer until the first third of the night. He prayed the Fajr prayer when the sun was about to rise." Then he said, "Prayer is between these two times."  

الطبراني:٥٤٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَتْ قَامَةً وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ ثُمَّ أَمَّنِي فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَفَيْءُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلُهُ وَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ وَالْفَيْءُ قَامَتَانِ وَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ سَاعَةَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ تَطْلُعُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ»  

nasai-kubra:1518ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Thawr > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Jābir

"A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the times of prayer. He said: 'Pray with me.' So he prayed Zuhr when the sun had passsed its zenith, 'Asr when the shadow of a thing was equal to its height, Maghrib when the sun had set and 'Isha' when the twilight had disappeared." He said: "Then he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of a man was equal in length to his height, 'Asr when the length of a man's shadow was twice his height, and Maghrib just before the twilight disappeared." (One of the narrators) 'Abdullah bin Al-Harith said: "then he said: 'With regard to 'Isha' I think it is up to one-third of the night.'" [1] [1] The speaker there is Thawr, who narrated it from 'Ata' from Jabir. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 504)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥١٨أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ ثَوْرٌ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «صَلِّ مَعِي» فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَيْءُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ وَالْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ قَالَ «ثُمَّ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ فَيْءُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَهُ وَالْعَصْرَ حِينَ كان فَيْءُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَيْهِ وَالْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ كَانَ قَبْلَ غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّفَقِ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ فِي الْعِشَاءِ أَرَى إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ