موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب وقوت الصلاةBook: On the Explanation of Prayer Times
بَابُ وُقُوْتِ الصَّلَاةِChapter on the times of prayer
Hadith 7
وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ، كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ : " أَنْ صَلِّ الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ ثَلَاثَةَ فَرَاسِخَ ، وَأَنْ صَلِّ الْعِشَاءَ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ ، فَإِنْ أَخَّرْتَ فَإِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ "
It is narrated from Urwah bin Zubair that Sayyiduna Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that: Perform the Asr prayer while the sun is still white, and there is so much daylight left that a camel rider could travel nine miles after the Asr prayer. And perform the Isha prayer up to one-third of the night, at the latest up to half the night, and do not be negligent.
