Those who used to hasten Asr

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer the Asr prayer while the sunlight was still in my room and the shade had not yet appeared.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer the Asr prayer while the sun was white and clear. Then I would come to my people on the edge of Madinah and they would not yet have prayed. I would say to them: What is keeping you sitting? Pray, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has already prayed.

Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm said: I wrote to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asking him about the time of Asr, and he wrote back to me: Offer the Asr prayer when the sun is between the two sides (shiqqs).

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to offer the Asr prayer while the sun was white and clear; sometimes he would offer it early and sometimes late.

Khaythamah said: The Asr prayer is to be offered while the sun is white and alive, and its being alive means that you can feel its heat.

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We would offer the Asr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); then, before the Maghrib prayer, we would slaughter a camel and divide it into ten portions, then cook it and eat its well-cooked meat.

Abu al-Anbas said: I asked my father: You prayed with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); tell me how he used to offer the Asr prayer. He said: He used to offer the Asr prayer while the sun was high.

Hisham narrates from his father: A man came to Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was governor of Kufa, and saw that he was delaying the Asr prayer. The man said to him: Why do you delay the Asr prayer? I used to offer it with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and then return to my family among Banu Amr bin Awf while the sun was still high.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer the Asr prayer while the sun was still high. Then someone setting off would reach the outskirts of Madinah while the sun was still high.

Sayyiduna Abu Arwa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I used to offer the Asr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and then I would reach Dhu al-Hulayfah before the sun set.