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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَمْرُ تَأْكِيدٍ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ بَيْنِ الصَّلَوَاتِ لَا أَنَّهُمَا يُجْزِيَانِ عَنِ الْكُلِّ

ibnhibban:1742 – ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah Bifam al-Ṣilḥ > Isḥāq b. Shāhīn > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿAbdullāh b. Faḍālah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us and among what he taught us, he said, "Guard the prayers and guard the two sunsets." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what are the two sunsets?" He said, "Prayer before the rising of the sun and prayer before its setting."  

ابن حبّان:١٧٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ بِفَمِ الصِّلْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ شَاهِينٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ فِيمَا عَلَّمَنَا قَالَ «حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَحَافِظُوا عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْعَصْرَانِ؟ قَالَ «صَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:428 – ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Khālid > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥarb b. Abū al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh b. Faḍālah from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me and what he taught me is this: Observe the five prayers regularly. He said: I told (him): I have many works at these times; so give me a comprehensive advice which, if I follow, should be enough for me. He said: Observe the two afternoon prayers (al-asrayn). But the term al-asrayn (two afternoon prayers) was not used in our language. Hence I said: What is al-asrayn? He said: A prayer before the sunrise and a prayer before the sunset (i.e. the dawn and the afternoon prayers).  

أبو داود:٤٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ فِيمَا عَلَّمَنِي وَحَافِظْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَاتٌ لِي فِيهَا أَشْغَالٌ فَمُرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ إِذَا أَنَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَجْزَأَ عَنِّي فَقَالَ حَافِظْ عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ وَمَا كَانَتْ مِنْ لُغَتِنَا فَقُلْتُ وَمَا الْعَصْرَانِ فَقَالَ صَلاَةٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلاَةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا  

hakim:6637 – Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥarb b. Abū al-Aswad al-Dīlī > ʿAbdullāh b. Faḍālah al-Laythī from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me and what he taught me is this: Observe the five prayers regularly. He said: I told (him): I have many works at these times; so give me a comprehensive advice which, if I follow, should be enough for me. He said: Observe the two afternoon prayers (al-asrayn). But the term al-asrayn (two afternoon prayers) was not used in our language. Hence I said: What is al-asrayn? He said: A prayer before the sunrise and a prayer before the sunset (i.e. the dawn and the afternoon prayers). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 428)   

الحاكم:٦٦٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ أَنْبَأَ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ فِيمَ عَلَّمَنِي أَنْ قَالَ «حَافِظْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَاتٌ لِي فِيهَا أَشْغَالٌ فَمُرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ إِذَا أَنَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَجْزَأَ عَنِّي قَالَ فَقَالَ «حَافِظْ عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ» قُلْتُ وَمَا الْعَصْرَانِ؟ قَالَ «صَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا»  

hakim:717 – ʿAlī b. ʿĪsá > Abū Manṣūr Yaḥyá b. Aḥmad b. Ziyād > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Hushaym > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shāfiʿī > Muḥammad b. Bishr b. Maṭar > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥarb b. Abū al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh b. Faḍālah from his father > ʿAllamanī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me and what he taught me is this: Observe the five prayers regularly. He said: I told (him): I have many works at these times; so give me a comprehensive advice which, if I follow, should be enough for me. He said: Observe the two afternoon prayers (al-asrayn). But the term al-asrayn (two afternoon prayers) was not used in our language. Hence I said: What is al-asrayn? He said: A prayer before the sunrise and a prayer before the sunset (i.e. the dawn and the afternoon prayers). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 428)  

الحاكم:٧١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أَنْبَأَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي «حَافِظْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَاتٌ لِي فِيهَا أَشْغَالٌ فَمُرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ إِذَا أَنَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَجْزَأَ عَنِّي فَقَالَ «حَافِظْ عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ» وَمَا كَانَتْ مِنْ لُغَتِنَا فَقُلْتُ وَمَا الْعَصْرَانِ؟ قَالَ «صَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ هُوَ ابْنُ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَقَدْ خُرِّجَ لَهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ حَدِيثَانِ» على شرط مسلم
tabarani:15977 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥarb b. Abū al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh b. Faḍālah al-Laythī from his father

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me and what he taught me is this: Observe the five prayers regularly. He said: I told (him): I have many works at these times; so give me a comprehensive advice which, if I follow, should be enough for me. He said: Observe the two afternoon prayers (al-asrayn). But the term al-asrayn (two afternoon prayers) was not used in our language. Hence I said: What is al-asrayn? He said: A prayer before the sunrise and a prayer before the sunset (i.e. the dawn and the afternoon prayers). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 428)  

الطبراني:١٥٩٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ فِيمَا عَلَّمَنِي أَنْ قَالَ «حَافِظْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَاتٌ لِي فِيهَا أَشْغَالٌ فَمُرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ جَامِعٍ إِذَا أَنَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَجْزَأَ عَنِّي قَالَ «حَافِظْ عَلَى الْعَصْرَيْنِ» قُلْتُ وَمَا الْعَصْرَانِ؟ قَالَ «صَلَوَاتٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا»  

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السيوطي:١٣٣٧٩a –

"حافِظْ عَلَى الْعَصْرَينِ: صَلاةٍ قبلَ طُلُوع الشَّمسِ، وصَلَاةٍ قَبلَ غُروبِهَا".  

[د] أبو داود [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عبد اللَّه بن فضالة الليثى عن أَبيه