Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: There are three times during which the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from performing prayer, and during these times he forbade us from burying our dead. At the time when the sun is rising, until it becomes high; at the time when the sun is at its zenith until it declines; and at the time when the sun is about to set.