Hadith 404
حَدَّثَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
اللَّيْثُ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ
أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ ، " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ حَيَّةٌ ، وَيَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ " .
Anas bin Malik said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the Asr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-Awali and get there while the sun was still high.
Hadith 405
Al-Zuhri said: Al-Awali is situated at a distance of two miles or three (from Madina). He (the narrator) said: I think he said: or four miles.
Hadith 406
Khaythamah said: By the life of the sun is meant that you may find heat in it.
Hadith 407
Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would offer the Asr prayer while the sunlight was present in her apartment before it ascended (the walls).
Hadith 408
Narrated Ali ibn Shayban: We came upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Madina. He would postpone the afternoon prayer as long as the sun remained white and clear.
Hadith 409
Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying on the day of Battle of Khandaq (Trench). They (the unbelievers) prevented is from offering the middle prayer i. e. Asr prayer. May Allah fill their houses and their graves with Hell-fire.
Hadith 410
حَدَّثَنَا
الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، عَنْ
مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ
زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ
الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي يُونُسَ مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " أَمَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ لَهَا مُصْحَفًا ، وَقَالَتْ : إِذَا بَلَغْتَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَآذِنِّي حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَى سورة البقرة آية 238 ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُهَا آذَنْتُهَا ، فَأَمْلَتْ عَلَيَّ : 0 حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَصَلاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ 0 ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ
عَائِشَةُ : سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Abu Yunus, the freed slave of Aishah said: Aishah commanded me to write for her come passage from the Quran. She also added: When you reach the following verse, inform me: "Be guardian of your prayers and of the midmost prayer" (2: 238). When I reached it, I informed her. She asked me to write: "Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and of the Asr prayer, and stand up with devotion of Allah" (2: 238). Aishah then said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Hadith 411
Zaid bin Thabit said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer the Zuhr prayer in midday heat; and no prayer was harder on the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that this one. Hence the revelation came down: "Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer" (2: 238). He (the narrator) said: There are two prayers before it and two prayers after it.
Hadith 412
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone says a rak'ah of the Asr prayer before sunset, he has observed (the Asr prayer), and if anyone performs a rak'ah of the Fajr prayer before sunrise, he has observed (the Fajr prayer).
Hadith 413
حَدَّثَنَا
الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، عَنْ
مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ
الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : دَخَلْنَا عَلَى
أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ ذَكَرْنَا تَعْجِيلَ الصَّلَاةِ أَوْ ذَكَرَهَا ، فَقَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ ، تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ ، تِلْكَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ ، يَجْلِسُ أَحَدُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا اصْفَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ فَكَانَتْ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ ، أَوْ عَلَى قَرْنَيِ الشَّيْطَانِ ، قَامَ فَنَقَرَ أَرْبَعًا لَا يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ فِيهَا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا " .
Ala bin Abdur-Rahman said: We came upon Anas bin Malik after the Zuhr prayer. He stood for saying the Asr prayer. When he became free from praying, we mentioned to him about observing prayer in its early period or he himself mentioned it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: This is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray: He sits (watching the sun), and when it becomes yellow and is between the horns of the devil, or is on the horns of the devil, he rises and prays for rak'ahs quickly, remembering Allah only seldom during them.
Hadith 414
حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ، عَنْ
مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ
نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " الَّذِي تَفُوتُهُ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ ، فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ : أُتِرَ ، وَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَى أَيُّوبَ فِيهِ ، وقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ : عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : وُتِرَ .
Ibn Umar reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Anyone who loses his Asr prayer is like a person whose family has perished and whose property has been plundered. Abu Dawud said: Abdullah bin Umar narrated the word utira (instead of wutira, meaning perished). The dispute on this point goes back to Ayyub. Al-Zuhri reported from Salim on the authority of this father from the Prophet ﷺ the word 'wutira'.
Hadith 415
Al-Awzai said: Delaying the Asr prayer means that the sunshine becomes yellow on the earth.