Hadith 8514

عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ نَقْرَأَهَا لَمْ يَنْسَخْهَا اللَّهُ فَأَنْزَلَ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى [سورة البقرة: ٢٣٨] فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ كَانَ مَعَ شَقِيقٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَزْهَرُ وَهِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ كَيْفَ نَزَلَتْ وَكَيْفَ نَسَخَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: When this verse was revealed {حَافِظُوْا عَلَی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَصَلَاۃِ الْعَصْرِ}, then for as long as Allah willed, we continued to recite it during the blessed era of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Allah did not abrogate it. Then Allah revealed it in this way: {حَافِظُوْا عَلَی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاۃِ الْوُسْطٰی}. There was a man with the narrator Shaqiq, his name was Azhar, he asked Sayyiduna Bara’: Is the middle prayer (Salat al-Wusta) the Asr prayer? He replied: I have told you how this verse was revealed and how it was abrogated, the rest Allah knows best.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / أبواب تفسير القرآن وفضائل السور والآيات حسب ترتيب النزول / 8514
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