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tabarani:15977ʿAlī 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:١٥٩٧٧حَدَّثَنَا 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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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
abudawud:428ʿAmr 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:٤٢٨حَدَّثَنَا 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:6637Abū 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:٦٦٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا 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:717ʿAlī 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:٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا 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

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

ibnhibban:1742ʿAbdullāh 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:١٧٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

bayhaqi:2188[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar al-Razzāz > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Dāwud b. Abū Hind [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Durustūwayh > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Khālid > Dāwud / Ibn Abū Hind > Abū Ḥarb / Ibn Abū al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh b. Faḍālah from his father

[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.  

البيهقي:٢١٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ أنبأ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دُرُسْتُوَيْهِ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ثنا خَالِدٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

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