شمائل ترمذي
Shamail Tirmidhi
باب ما جاء فى عبادة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمChapter: What has been reported concerning the worship of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
Fourteen rak‘ahs of confirmed Sunnah (Ali’s narration)
Hadith 286
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَاصِمَ بْنَ ضَمْرَةَ يَقُولُ: سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا، عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: مِنْ أَطَاقَ ذَلِكَ مِنَّا صَلَّى، فَقَالَ: «كَانَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الْعَصْرِ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، وَيُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا، وَبَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَقَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ، وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ»
Asim bin Damrah says: We asked Sayyiduna Ali al-Murtaza (may Allah be pleased with him) about the daytime prayers of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so he replied: You do not have the strength for it. We said: Whoever among us has the strength for it will perform it (please tell us). Thus, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the sun in the east was as it is in the west at the time of Asr, Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform two rak‘ahs of prayer, and when the sun in the east was as it is in the west at the time of Zuhr, he would perform four rak‘ahs, and likewise, before Asr, he would perform four rak‘ahs, separating every two rak‘ahs with salutations upon the close angels, the prophets, their followers among the believers, and the general Muslims.
