السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: آخر وقت العشاء وفيه قولان أحدهما ثلث الليل، والآخر نصفه فمن قال: بالأول احتج بما
The end of the time of Isha; there are two views, one a third of the night and the other half of it, and the evidence of those who held the first
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ب وَفِيهِ قَوْلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ، وَالْآخَرُ نِصْفُهُ فَمَنْ قَالَ: بِالْأَوَّلِ احْتَجَّ بِمَا.
And there are two views on this: the first is a third of the night, and the second is half of the night. So whoever adopted the first view argued from the following.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي أنا حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطُّوسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ ثنا وَكِيعٌ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ مَرَّتَيْنِ " فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِيهِ وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْعِشَاءَ ثُلُثَ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلَ يَعْنِي فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) led me in prayer twice at the House (of Allah)," and he mentioned the hadith. In it is: "He led me in the Isha prayer in the first third of the night," meaning the second time.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنْ بَدْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَنَّ سَائِلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَأَقَامَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ: وَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَأَقَامَ الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ: وَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ: " الْوَقْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ " أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ بَدْرِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that a questioner asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a question, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him no answer; then he ordered Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he called the iqamah, and he mentioned the hadith. In it is: he ordered Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he called the iqamah for Isha when the redness had disappeared; then when the next day came, and he mentioned the hadith. In it is: he led the Isha prayer up to a third of the night, then he said: "Where is the one who asked about the times of the prayer? The time is between these two."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْفَقِيهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّصَافَةِ بِبَغْدَادَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ النَّجَّادُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ: " اشْهَدْ مَعَنْا الصَّلَاةَ " فَأَمَرَ ⦗٥٥٠⦘ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِلَالًا فَأَذَّنَ بِغَلَسٍ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالظُّهْرِ حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَنْ بَطْنِ السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْمَغْرِبِ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْعَشَاءِ حِينَ وَجَبَ الشَّفَقُ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْغَدِ فَنَوَّرَ بِالصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالظُّهْرِ فَأَبْرَدَ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ لَمْ يُخَالِطْهَا صُفْرَةٌ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْمَغْرِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقَعَ الشَّفَقُ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِالْعِشَاءِ عِنْدَ ذَهَابِ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ بَعْضِهِ شَكَّ أَبُو رَوْحٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ: " أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ؟ مَا بَيْنَ مَا رَأَيْتَ وَقْتٌ " رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرْعَرَةَ، عَنْ حَرَمِيِّ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ أَبِي رَوْحٍ وَقَدْ رُوِّينَاهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ قَالَ: فَأَقَامَ الْعِشَاءُ حِينَ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ.
(a) Sulayman bin Buraydah reports from his father (Buraydah, may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about the times of the prayer. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Attend the prayer with us." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he gave the adhan in the darkness before dawn, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Subh (dawn) prayer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order for Zuhr when the sun had declined from the middle of the sky, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order for Asr while the sun was high, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order for Maghrib when the sun had set, then he gave the order for Isha when the redness had disappeared. Then on the next day he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Subh when it was bright; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order for Zuhr and delayed it until it was cooler; then he gave the order for Asr while the sun was white and clear, with no yellowness mixed in it; then he gave the order for Maghrib before the redness disappeared; then he gave the order for Isha when a third of the night had passed, or part of the night. Abu Rawh was in doubt. When morning came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Where is the questioner? The time of the prayer is between what you have seen."
(b) It is narrated from Alqamah bin Marthad that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had the iqamah called for Isha when a third of the night had passed.
(b) It is narrated from Alqamah bin Marthad that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had the iqamah called for Isha when a third of the night had passed.
وَأنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيُّ أنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: اعْتَمَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْعَتَمَةِ حَتَّى نَادَاهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ: الصَّلَاةَ نَامَ النِّسَاءُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " مَا يَنْتَظِرُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ غَيْرُكُمْ" وَلَا تُصَلَّى يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ الْعَتَمَةُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يَغِيبَ شَفَقُ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَمَانِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ. وَمَنْ قَالَ: بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّانِي احْتَجَّ.
Al-Zuhri says that Urwah bin al-Zubayr informed me that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer into the darkness, until Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called out: "The prayer! The children and women have fallen asleep." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and said: "No one among the people of the earth is waiting for it except you." In those days this prayer was prayed only in Madinah, and they used to pray Isha between the setting of the redness of the night and a third of the night.
بِمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا تَمْتَامٌ ثنا أَبُو عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ ثنا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْعَتَكِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: " قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ: " وَقْتُ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ " أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامٍ وَغَيْرِهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ: إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوْسَطِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُمُ الْعِشَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ وَقْتٌ إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ.
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The time of the Isha prayer is up to half of the night."
(b) It is narrated from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him): up to the middle half of the night.
(c) And in the hadith of Hisham, it is reported from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him): "When you pray Isha, its time is up to half of the night."
(b) It is narrated from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him): up to the middle half of the night.
(c) And in the hadith of Hisham, it is reported from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him): "When you pray Isha, its time is up to half of the night."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمُحَمَّدَ آبَاذِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ السَّعْدِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أنا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ ⦗٥٥١⦘ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ: هَلِ اصْطَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمًا؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ " أَخَّرَ الصَّلَاةَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ: " النَّاسُ قَدْ صَلُّوا وَرَقَدُوا وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ مُنْذُ انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ " فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَبِيضِ خَاتَمِهِ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُنِيرٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) have a ring made? He said: Yes! One night he (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer until half of the night. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had led the prayer, he turned his face towards us and said: "The people have prayed and gone to sleep, and you have remained in prayer ever since you have been waiting for the prayer." It is as if I am looking at the gleam of his ring.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا قُرَّةُ، ح. وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا: ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا قُرَّةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: " نَظَرْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةً حَتَّى كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ فَجَاءَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَلَّى قَالَ: فَكَأَنَّمَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَبِيضِ خَاتَمِهِ حَلْقَةُ فِضَّةٍ " وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ حَتَّى مَضَى شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ وَالْبَاقِي بِمَعْنَاهُ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that one night we waited for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until it was nearly half of the night. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came and led the prayer. It is as if I am looking at the silver band and the gleam of his (peace and blessings be upon him) ring. In a narration of Abu Dawud it is: until half of the night had passed, and the rest has the same meaning.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ: هَلْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمٌ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَاءَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَقَدْ كَادَ يَذْهَبُ شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ عِنْدَ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلُّوا وَنَامُوا وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ " قَالَ أَنَسٌ: كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَبِيضِ خَاتَمِهِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَوَصَفَ.
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) have a ring? He said: Yes. One night he (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed Isha until half of the night, or close to it, had passed; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said: "The people have prayed and gone to sleep, and you have remained in prayer ever since you have been waiting for the prayer."
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: It is as if I am looking at the gleam of his (peace and blessings be upon him) silver ring; and he pointed with his left hand and described it.
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: It is as if I am looking at the gleam of his (peace and blessings be upon him) silver ring; and he pointed with his left hand and described it.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحِ بْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ، أنا جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، ثنا زَيْدٌ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ خَاتَمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " وَرَفَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ الْيُسْرَى الْخِنْصَرَ " رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ.
Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) reports that people asked Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) about the ring of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the rest of the hadith is the same, except that (in this one) he raised his left little finger.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي، أنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ الْعَدْلُ ثنا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزِّبْرِقَانِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، أنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ مِنْ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى فَقَالَ: " إِنَّكُمْ ⦗٥٥٢⦘ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا وَلَوْلَا كِبَرُ الْكَبِيرِ وَضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ - أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَذُو الْحَاجَةِ - لَأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ " هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ وَغَيْرُهُ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ وَخَالَفَهُمْ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرُ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ فَقَالَ: عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer until close to half of the night, then he came out and he (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer and said: "You have remained in prayer as long as you were waiting for it; and were it not for my concern for the old age of the elderly and the weakness of the weak" (the narrator says: I think he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said) "and the need of the one who has work to do, I would certainly have delayed this prayer until half of the night."
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ، أنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَهُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الْعِشَاءَ فَقَالَ: " صَلُّوا وَرَقَدُوا وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَظِرُونَهَا أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا وَلَوْلَا ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَكِبَرُ الْكَبِيرِ لَأَخَّرْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ " وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ وَحَتَّى نَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ حَتَّى ابْهَارَّ اللَّيْلُ وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَتَّى رَقَدَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَيْقَظُوا وَرَقَدُوا وَاسْتَيْقَظُوا وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا حِينَ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ وَكَانَ لَا يُبَالِي بِتَأْخِيرِ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ: قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: ثُمَّ لَقِيتُهُ غُرَّةً فَقَالَ: أَوْ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ: إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ: إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ.
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to the Companions while they were waiting for Isha, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people have prayed and gone to sleep while you are waiting for it; indeed, you have remained in prayer ever since you have been waiting for it. Were it not for my fear for the weakness of the weak and the old age of the elderly, I would have delayed this prayer until half of the night."
(b) Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I met him a second time and he said: or up to a third of the night. Khalid bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) reports from Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him): up to half of the night. It is narrated from Abu al-Minhal (may Allah have mercy on him): up to a third of the night.
(b) Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I met him a second time and he said: or up to a third of the night. Khalid bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) reports from Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him): up to half of the night. It is narrated from Abu al-Minhal (may Allah have mercy on him): up to a third of the night.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ الْمُقْرِئُ أنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْإِسْفِرَايِينِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو مُوسَى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ لِلصَّلَاةِ أَوَّلًا وَآخِرًا وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ حِينَ تَزُولُ الشَّمْسُ وَإِنَّ آخِرَ وَقْتِهَا حِينَ يَدْخُلُ وَقْتَ الْعَصْرِ، وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ الْعَصْرِ حِينَ يَدْخُلُ وَقْتُهَا وَإِنَّ آخِرَ وَقْتِهَا حِينَ تَصْفَرُّ الشَّمْسُ، وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ الْمَغْرِبِ حِينَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ وَإِنَّ آخِرَ وَقْتِهَا حِينَ يَغِيبُ الْأُفُقُ، وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ الْعِشَاءُ حِينَ يَغِيبُ الْأُفُقُ وَإِنَّ آخِرَ وَقْتِهَا حِينَ يَنْتَصِفُ اللَّيْلُ، وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ وَقْتِ الْفَجْرِ حِينَ يَطْلُعُ الْفَجْرُ وَإِنَّ آخِرَ وَقْتِهَا حِينَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ " أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ⦗٥٥٣⦘ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيَّ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يُضَعِّفُ حَدِيثَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَحْسَبُ يَحْيَى يُرِيدُ أَنَّ لِلصَّلَاةِ أَوَّلًا وَآخِرًا وَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا يُرْوَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ مِنَ التَّارِيخِ: حَدِيثُ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ لِلصَّلَاةِ أَوَّلًا وَآخِرًا " رَوَاهُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ مُرْسَلًا، قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: وَبِمَعْنَاهُ ذَكَرَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى.
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer has a first and a last time. The first time of Zuhr is when the sun declines, and its last time is when the time of Asr begins. The first time of Asr is when its time begins, and its last time is when the sun turns yellow. The first time of Maghrib is when the sun sets, and its last time is when the redness disappears. The first time of Isha is when the redness disappears, and its last time is when it is half of the night. The first time of Fajr is when the dawn breaks, and its last time is when the sun rises."
(b) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer has a first and a last time."
(c) The Shaykh says that Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded something of the same meaning.
Yahya bin Ma'in declared this hadith of Muhammad bin Fudayl, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, weak, and said that it is only narrated from al-A'mash from Mujahid; all the narrators reported it from al-A'mash from Mujahid as mursal.
(b) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer has a first and a last time."
(c) The Shaykh says that Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded something of the same meaning.
Yahya bin Ma'in declared this hadith of Muhammad bin Fudayl, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, weak, and said that it is only narrated from al-A'mash from Mujahid; all the narrators reported it from al-A'mash from Mujahid as mursal.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ، أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو وَثنا زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ يُقَالُ: " إِنَّ لِلصَّلَاةِ أَوَّلًا وَآخِرًا " فَذَكَرَهُ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ وَأَبُو زُبَيْدٍ عَبْثَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ.
It is narrated from Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) that the prayer has a first and a last time; then he related the narration.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْفَتْحِ هِلَالُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحَفَّارُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ الْقَطَّانُ، أنبأ أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ ثنا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، كَانَ يَقُولُ: انْظُرُوا يُوَافِقُ حَدِيثِي مَا سَمِعْتُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ إِنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ أَنْ صَلُّوا الظُّهْرَ حِينَ تَرْتَفِعُ الشَّمْسُ يَعْنِي تَزُولُ، وَصَلُّوا الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ، وَصَلُّوا الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ تَغِيبُ الشَّمْسُ، وَصَلُّوا الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَصَلُّوا الصُّبْحَ بِغَلَسٍ أَوْ بِسَوَادٍ وَأَطِيلُوا الْقِرَاءَةَ ".
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says: See whether my narration agrees with what you have heard from the letter: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him): Pray Zuhr when the sun is high, meaning when it has declined; pray Asr while the sun is white and clear; pray Maghrib when the sun has set; and he said: Pray Isha up to half of the night; and pray Subh in the darkness, or in the blackness (before dawn), and lengthen the recitation.
