Those who said: there is no prayer after Fajr

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying after Asr until Maghrib, and after Fajr until sunrise.

Mu'adh al-Qurashi said: I performed tawaf of the House (of Allah) with Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Afra' (may Allah be pleased with him) after Asr and after Fajr, but he did not pray. I asked him about this, and he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no prayer after two prayers: after Fajr until the sun rises, and after Asr until the sun sets."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade two prayers: one after Fajr until sunrise, and the other after Asr until sunset.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade two prayers: first, after Fajr until the sun has risen and is well up, because the sun rises between the two horns of Satan and sets between them; and (second,) after Asr until the sun sets.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no prayer after Asr, unless the sun is (still) white and clear."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not pray after Fajr until sunrise, for it rises between the two horns of Satan."

Humran bin Aban said: Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people praying after Asr. He said: We have been in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but we never saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) pray this prayer, and he forbade it.

It is narrated from the grandfather of Amr bin Shu'ayb that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying after Asr until sunset, and after Fajr until sunrise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying after Asr until sunset, and after Fajr until sunrise.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Men of approved character, among them Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) - and the most approved of them in my sight is Umar - told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no prayer after Fajr until sunrise, nor after Asr until sunset."

Abu al-Aliyah said: There is no prayer after Fajr until sunrise, nor after Asr until sunset. And Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to beat (people) for it.

Al-Ashtar said: Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) used to beat people for praying after Asr.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked praying after Asr, and: "I dislike what Umar disliked."

Abdullah bin Shaqiq said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man praying after Asr, and he beat him until his cloak fell off.

Muhammad bin Abdullah said: I asked Salim about praying after Asr, and he said: I do not like to begin a prayer until the sun has set.

Ibn Sirin used to dislike praying after Asr until the sun had set.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to beat (people) for praying two rak'ahs after Asr.

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw me praying after Asr and waited for me to finish my prayer. When I had finished, he said: What prayer were you praying? I said: Part of my prayer behind you had been missed, and I was completing it. He said: Had I known that you were praying some prayer after Asr, I would not have dealt kindly with you.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and with them there was no prayer after Fajr until sunrise.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs after every obligatory prayer, except Fajr and Asr.

Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) beat al-Munkadir for praying two rak'ahs after Asr.

Suwayd and Qabisah bin Jabir said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to beat (people) for praying two rak'ahs after Asr.

Al-Mukhtar said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about praying after Asr, and he said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to strike (people's) hands for praying after Asr.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Two dates with butter are dearer to me than praying after Asr.

Sayyiduna Amr bin Abasah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which hour is most beloved to Allah Almighty? He said: The last part of the night. From then until the Fajr prayer, pray as much as you wish. Then, after the sun rises, refrain from prayer for as long as the sun is like a small bow; when it becomes full, then pray. Then you may pray until the shadow (of the pillar) is exactly upright. From that time until the sun declines from the meridian, refrain from prayer, because at midday Hell is stoked. Then pray as much as you wish until the Asr prayer; after praying Asr, refrain from prayer until Maghrib, because the sun rises between the two horns of Satan and sets between them.