Those who prohibited prayer at sunrise and sunset

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Do not intend to pray at the time of sunrise or sunset, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid that.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade praying and burying the dead at three times: at sunrise until the sun has risen well; when the sun is setting until it has completely set; and at midday when the sun is at its zenith until it declines.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The sun rises between the two horns of Satan. We used to be forbidden from praying at sunrise and at sunset.

Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Prayer was not forbidden at any time except at sunset, because it sets in the horn of Satan.

Urwah bin al-Zubayr said: Some people circumambulated the House (the Ka'bah) after Fajr, then sat with a preacher. When the sun began to rise, they stood up and prayed. At this Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: First they kept sitting, then when the time began in which prayer is disliked, they started praying.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Prayer is not to be offered at sunrise or at sunset, for the sun rises and sets between the two horns of Satan. But when the sun has become clear and risen high, prayer is then permissible.

Ibn Ma'qil said: Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man praying at sunrise, or at a time in which prayer is disliked, so he sent a man to forbid him.

Shurayh saw a man praying after the sun had turned yellow. He said: Stop him from praying, for prayer is not permissible at this time.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not pray at sunrise or at sunset, for the sun rises in the horn of Satan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the edge of the sun appears, delay the prayer until it has fully appeared; and when the edge of the sun sets, delay the prayer until it has disappeared."

Al-Hasan said: The early generations (salaf) used to consider prayer disliked at sunrise until the sun has risen high, and at sunset until the sun has disappeared.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In my view, two copper coins (fals) are better than a man's prayer offered after the sun has turned yellow.