Hadith Q333

وَالدَّلِيلِ عَلَى أَنَّ قَوْلَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي خَبَرِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو‏:‏ ‏"‏ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُمُ الْعَصْرَ فَهُوَ وَقْتٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَصْفَرَّ الشَّمْسُ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ وَقْتَ الْعُذْرِ وَالضَّرُورَةِ وَالنَّاسِي لِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، فَيَذْكُرُهَا قَبْلَ اصْفِرَارِ الشَّمْسِ أَوْ عِنْدَهُ‏.‏ وَكَذَلِكَ أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِنَ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَةً قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَهَا، وَقْتَ الْعُذْرِ وَالضَّرُورَةِ وَالنَّاسِي لِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حِينَ يَذْكُرُهَا، وَقْتًا يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا قَبْلَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ، لَا أَنَّهُ أَبَاحَ لِلْمُصَلِّي فِي غَيْرِ الْعُذْرِ وَالضَّرُورَةِ، وَهُوَ ذَاكِرٌ لِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَهَا حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عِنْدَ اصْفِرَارِ الشَّمْسِ، أَوْ رَكْعَةً قَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ وَثَلَاثًا بَعْدَهُ‏.‏
And the explanation of the evidence that in the hadith of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, the statement of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, "Then when you have performed the Asr prayer, its time remains until the sun becomes yellow," by this, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, meant the time of Asr prayer for one who has an excuse, necessity, or forgets, that if he remembers before the sun becomes yellow or when it becomes yellow, then he should perform the prayer. Similarly, by his statement, "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Asr prayer before the sun sets, he has caught it completely," he meant that this is the time for one who has an excuse, necessity, or forgets the Asr prayer, that when he remembers, if it is possible for him to perform one rak'ah before the sun sets, then he should perform it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not mean that he has made it permissible for one without any excuse, necessity, or who remembers the Asr prayer, to delay the Asr prayer until the sun becomes yellow or to perform one rak'ah before the sun sets and the remaining three rak'ahs after sunset.
Hadith Reference صحيح ابن خزيمه / كتاب‏:‏ الصلاة / Q333