مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(النَّهْيُ عَنْ انْتِظَارِ النُّجُومِ لِصَلَاةِ المَغْرِبِ – رِوَايَةُ الدَّارِمِي)
(Prohibition of Waiting for Stars Before Maghrib Prayer – as Narrated by Al-Darimi)
Hadith 609
وَعَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِي بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ قَالَ: عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ مَا لَمْ يُؤَخِّرُوا الْمَغْرِبَ إِلَى أَنْ تَشْتَبِكَ النُّجُومُ . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Abu Ayyub reported God's Messenger as saying, “My people will continue to prosper (or he said, to follow Islam), as long as they do not postpone the sunset prayer till the stars are not in abundance.” Abu Dawud transmitted it
