9. Prayer Timings

٩۔ كتاب مواقيت الصلاة

9.21 The time of the Isha prayer. If the people get together (pray earlier), and if they come late (delay it)

٩۔٢١ باب وَقْتِ الْعِشَاءِ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ أَوْ تَأَخَّرُوا

bukhari:565Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Ibn al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Saʾalnā Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

We asked Jabir bin ʿAbdullah about the prayers of the Prophet ﷺ . He said, "He used to pray Zuhr prayer at midday, the ʿAsr when the sun was still hot, and the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time). The ʿIsha was offered early if the people gathered, and used to be delayed if their number was less; and the morning prayer was offered when it was still dark. "  

البخاري:٥٦٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو هُوَ ابْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ سَأَلْنَا جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ وَالْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا وَجَبَتْ وَالْعِشَاءَ إِذَا كَثُرَ النَّاسُ عَجَّلَ وَإِذَا قَلُّوا أَخَّرَ وَالصُّبْحَ بِغَلَسٍ