[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me, among other things, that he said: "Preserve the five daily prayers." I said, "These are hours during which I am occupied, so give me a comprehensive order that I may fulfill it." He said, "Preserve the two prayers of Al-Asr (the afternoon) and Al-Isha (the night)." I asked, "What are Al-Asr and Al-Isha?" He said, "It is the prayer before the rising of the sun and the prayer before its setting." This narration is mentioned by Al-Qattan. The sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said as if he intended, and Allah knows best, to preserve them at the start of their times and excused him for the excessive work that led to delaying them from their initial times. So he ordered him to observe these two prayers by performing them at the beginning of their times, with the help of Allah.
عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ فِيمَا عَلَّمَنِي أَنْ قَالَ حَافِظْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ قُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَاتٌ لِي فِيهَا أَشْغَالٌ فَمُرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ إِذَا أَنَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَجْزَأَ عَنِّي قَالَ حَافِظْ عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ وَمَا كَانَتْ مِنْ لُغَتِنَا قُلْتُ وَمَا الْعَصْرَانِ؟ قَالَ صَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْقَطَّانِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ حَافِظْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِي أَوَائِلِ أَوْقَاتِهِنَّ فَاعْتَذَرَ بَالْأَشْغَالِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى تَأْخِيرِهَا عَنْ أَوَائِلِ أَوْقَاتِهِنَّ فَأَمَرَهُ بِالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ بِتَعْجِيلِهِمَا فِي أَوَائِلِ وَقْتَيْهِمَا وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ