Those who said at how many feet of shadow Zuhr is prayed, and its time

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The first time of Zuhr is that you look at your feet; if you estimate three to five feet, this is the first time. And the first time of the next prayer is that you look at your feet and estimate five to seven feet. Al-Aswad bin Yazid said: I think he said this about winter.

Umarah said: The early generations used to offer the Zuhr prayer when the shadow was equal to one man's height.

Ibrahim said: The Zuhr prayer is to be offered when the shadow of a thing is three cubits. If a man is in a hurry, he may offer it before that, and if he is held up by something, he may offer it after that. Za'idah said: I asked Mansur: Did he not mean this only for the summer season? He replied: Yes.

Ibrahim said: It used to be said: When a man's shadow is three cubits, that is the time of the Zuhr prayer.

Abu Mijlaz said: I prayed with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and I wanted to gauge the time of his prayer. After the prayer I measured my shadow and it was three cubits.

Hurayth bin al-Sa'ib said: I asked Muhammad bin Sirin about the time of Zuhr, and he said: When the shadow of everything has become three cubits, then the Zuhr prayer is to be offered.

Hurayth bin al-Sa'ib said: I asked al-Hasan about the time of Zuhr, and he said: When the shadow of a thing has moved away from its length, then the Zuhr prayer is to be offered.

Abu Mijlaz said: The time of prayer is not stretched out; rather, it is like a sandal strap: whoever misses it is ruined.