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bayhaqi:2102ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥulwānī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Bishr b. al-Sarī > Zakariyyā b. Isḥāq > al-Walīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Sumayrah > Abū Ṭarīf

[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.  

البيهقي:٢١٠٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحُلْوَانِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي سُمَيْرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو طَرِيفٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ شَاهِدًا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُحَاصِرٌ لِأَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ قَالَ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي بِنَا صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى لَوْ

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