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malik:1-6Mālik > Nāfiʿ

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi', the mawla of Abdullah ibn Umar, that Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to his governors saying, "The most important of your affairs in my view is the prayer. Whoever protects it and observes it carefully is protecting his deen, while whoever is negligent about it will be even more negligent about other things." Then he added, "Pray dhuhr any time from when the afternoon shade is the length of your forearm until the length of your shadow matches your height. Pray asr when the sun is still pure white, so that a rider can travel two or three farsakhs before the sun sets. Pray maghrib when the sun has set. Pray isha any time from when the redness in the western sky has disappeared until a third of the night has passed - and a person who sleeps, may he have no rest, a person who sleeps, may he have no rest. And pray subh when all the stars are visible and like a haze in the sky."  

مالك:١-٦وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ إِنَّ أَهَمَّ أَمْرِكُمْ عِنْدِي الصَّلاَةُ فَمَنْ حَفِظَهَا وَحَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا حَفِظَ دِينَهُ وَمَنْ ضَيَّعَهَا فَهُوَ لِمَا سِوَاهَا أَضْيَعُ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ أَنْ صَلُّوا الظُّهْرَ إِذَا كَانَ الْفَىْءُ ذِرَاعًا إِلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ ظِلُّ أَحَدِكُمْ مِثْلَهُ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فَرْسَخَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَالْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَاءَ إِذَا غَابَ الشَّفَقُ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلاَ نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلاَ نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلاَ نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ وَالصَّبْحَ وَالنُّجُومُ بَادِيَةٌ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ  


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bayhaqi:2096Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī And ʾAbū Naṣr b. Qatādah > Abū ʿAmr b. Bujayd > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Bukayr > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Katab > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī > Ṣal al-ʿAṣr Wa-al-Shhams Bayḍāʾ Naqiyyah Qadr Mā Yasīr al-Rākib Thalāthah Farāsikh > Ṣal

[Machine] "And pray the night prayer, in addition to a third of it or a little less or more, and recite the Quran in a measured manner. Indeed, We will charge you with a word of weight. Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words. Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation. And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with complete devotion. He is the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of your affairs. And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance. And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little. We have shackles with which We bind them, and they are in chains. And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see. It is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward. Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register."  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ وَأَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ بُجَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ أَنْ صَلِّ الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ ثَلَاثَةَ فَرَاسِخَ

وَأَنْ صَلِّ الْعَتَمَةَ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنْ أَخَّرْتَ فَإِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ إِنَّ أَهَمَّ أَمَرِكُمْ عِنْدِي الصَّلَاةُ مَنْ حَفِظَهَا أَوْ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا حَفِظَ دِينَهُ وَمَنْ ضَيَّعَهَا فَهُوَ لِمَا سِوَاهَا أَضَيْعُ وَكَتَبَ أَنْ صَلُّوا الظُّهْرَ إِذَا كَانَ الْفَيْءُ ذِرَاعًا إِلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فَرْسَخَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً وَالْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَاءَ إِذَا غَابَ الشَّفَقُ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ وَالصُّبْحُ وَالنُّجُومُ بَادِيَةٌ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلَا نَامَتْ عَيْنُهُ  

suyuti:2-1397bNāfʿ n ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Ktb Lá ʿMālih
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السيوطي:٢-١٣٩٧b

"عن نافع أن عمرَ بن الخطاب كتب إلى عمالِه: إِنَّ أهمَّ أمرِكم عندى الصلاةُ، من حَفِظَها أو حافَظ عليها حَفِظَ دينه، ومن ضيَّعها فهو لمِا سواها أضيعُ، ثم كتب أن صلُّوا الظهر إذا كان الْفَئُ ذِراعًا إلى أن يكون ظلُّ كلِّ أحدِكم مثلَه، والعصرَ والشمسُ بيضاءُ نقيةٌ قدر ما يسير الراكبُ فرسخين أو ثلاثةً، والمغربَ إذا غَرَبت الشمسُ، والعشاءَ إذا غابَ الشفقُ إلى ثلثِ الليل، فمن نام فلا نامت عينُه، والصبحَ والنجومُ باديةٌ مشتبكةٌ، فمن نام فلا نامت عينُه".  

مالك، [عب] عبد الرازق [ق] البيهقى في السنن