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ذِكْرُ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي يُسْتَحَبُّ فِيهِ أَدَاءُ الْمَرْءِ صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ

ibnhibban:1523Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Salama b. al-Akwa' reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the evening prayer when the sun had set and disappeared (behind the horizon). (Using translation from Muslim 636)  

ابن حبّان:١٥٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:561al-Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet ﷺ when the sun disappeared from the horizon.  

البخاري:٥٦١حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ  

muslim:636Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥātim / Ibn Ismāʿīl > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Salama b. al-Akwa' reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the evening prayer when the sun had set and disappeared (behind the horizon).  

مسلم:٦٣٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ  

abudawud:417ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The Prophet ﷺ used to say the Maghrib prayer immediately after the sun had set when its upper side would disappear.  

أبو داود:٤١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ سَاعَةَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ إِذَا غَابَ حَاجِبُهَا  

ibnmajah:688Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd b. Kāsib > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

He used to pray the Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah when the sun set.  

ابن ماجة:٦٨٨حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ  

ahmad:16532Ṣafwān > Ibn Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The Prophet ﷺ used to say the Maghrib prayer immediately after the sun had set when its upper side would disappear. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 417)   

أحمد:١٦٥٣٢حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ سَاعَةَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ إِذَا غَابَ حَاجِبُهَا  

ahmad:16550Makkī > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet ﷺ when the sun disappeared from the horizon. (Using translation from Bukhārī 561)  

أحمد:١٦٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺإِذَا تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ  

tabarani:6289Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Qazzāz > al-Qaʿnabī > Ḥātim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Hatim, from Yazid ibn Abi 'Ubayd, from Salamah who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Maghrib prayer when the sun set and disappeared behind the veil."  

الطبراني:٦٢٨٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقَزَّازُ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا حَاتِمٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ»