Prayer between Maghrib and Isha

The paternal uncle of Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad said: Whenever I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) between Maghrib and Isha, I found him praying, and he used to say: This is a time of heedlessness.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The prayer of the Awwabin (those who constantly turn back to Allah) is after finishing Maghrib and before the preparation for Isha.

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Pray between Maghrib and Isha, for this prayer lightens for you part of your regular portion of devotions and wipes away the idle and useless talk of the first part of the night, because the idle talk of the early part of the night ruins the last part of the night.

Waqa' bin Iyas said: Sa'id bin Jubayr used to pray between Maghrib and Isha, and he would say: This is the rising by night (nashi'at al-layl).

Shurayh used to pray between Maghrib and Isha.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray between Maghrib and Isha, and he would say: This is the rising by night (nashi'at al-layl).

Al-Hasan bin Muslim used to pray between Maghrib and Isha. Al-Hasan claimed that Tawus did not regard it as anything.

Amr reports that al-Hasan said: He did not count it as part of the night prayer.

Mujahid said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to pray between Maghrib and Isha only in Ramadan.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), in explaining the verse "Their sides forsake their beds" [Al-Sajdah: 16], said: They used to offer voluntary prayers between Maghrib and Isha.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and prayed Maghrib with him; after finishing Maghrib he kept on praying until Isha.

It was mentioned before Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the prayer between Maghrib and Isha is the prayer of heedlessness, so he said: You have fallen into heedlessness.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever prays four rak'ahs after Maghrib is like the one who, on returning from one military expedition, immediately joins another.

Asim bin Damrah said: I prayed Maghrib beside Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), then I prayed two rak'ahs after Maghrib. Then I began to stand up again, so he rebuked me and said: After Maghrib there are two rak'ahs.