صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاةThe Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ التَّبْكِيرِ بِالْعَصْرِ:Chapter: It is recommended to pray `Asr early
Hadith 625
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الرَّازِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ ، يَقُولُ : " كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ تُنْحَرُ الْجَزُورُ ، فَتُقْسَمُ عَشَرَ قِسَمٍ ، ثُمَّ تُطْبَخُ فَنَأْكُلُ لَحْمًا نَضِيجًا ، قَبْلَ مَغِيبِ الشَّمْسِ " ،
Rafi' bin Khadij reported: We used to say the afternoon prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and then the camel was slaughtered and ten parts of it were distributed; then it was cooked and then we ate this cooked meat before the sinking of the sun.
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ، وَشُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاق الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نَنْحَرُ الْجَزُورَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ : كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَهُ .
This hadith has been reported by 'Auza'i with the same chain of transmitters: We used to slaughter the camel during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) after the 'Asr prayer, but he made no mention of: "We used to pray along with him."
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
From this hadith, it is understood that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to perform the Asr prayer when the shadow was one length (i.e., when an object's shadow was equal to its length); otherwise, whoever performs the Asr prayer at the time when the shadow is two lengths, it would be difficult for him to complete this task within that time.
From this hadith, the meaning of the chapter is derived in such a way that the meat of the camel used to be distributed merely by estimation.
(Wahidi)
From this hadith, it is understood that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to perform the Asr prayer when the shadow was one length (i.e., when an object's shadow was equal to its length); otherwise, whoever performs the Asr prayer at the time when the shadow is two lengths, it would be difficult for him to complete this task within that time.
From this hadith, the meaning of the chapter is derived in such a way that the meat of the camel used to be distributed merely by estimation.
(Wahidi)
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 2485
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Meat and similar items are weighed by scale, but according to this hadith, it was divided into ten portions by estimation. This too was a kind of analogical weighing. In customary practice, it is permissible to divide a heavy item into portions in another form like this.
(2)
This narration also proves that there was enough time between the Asr and Maghrib prayers that a camel would be slaughtered, its meat prepared and divided into ten portions, and then cooked and eaten before Maghrib. From this, it is understood that in the blessed era of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the Asr prayer was performed when the shadow was equal to the object (one shadow-length). If it had been performed at two shadow-lengths, accomplishing all these tasks in that time would have been extremely difficult. And Allah knows best.
(1)
Meat and similar items are weighed by scale, but according to this hadith, it was divided into ten portions by estimation. This too was a kind of analogical weighing. In customary practice, it is permissible to divide a heavy item into portions in another form like this.
(2)
This narration also proves that there was enough time between the Asr and Maghrib prayers that a camel would be slaughtered, its meat prepared and divided into ten portions, and then cooked and eaten before Maghrib. From this, it is understood that in the blessed era of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), the Asr prayer was performed when the shadow was equal to the object (one shadow-length). If it had been performed at two shadow-lengths, accomplishing all these tasks in that time would have been extremely difficult. And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 2485
