Hadith 149

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ , أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ فِي الْأُولَى مِنْهُمَا حِينَ كَانَ الْفَيْءُ مِثْلَ الشِّرَاكِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَ ظِلِّهِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَأَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ حِينَ بَرَقَ الْفَجْرُ ، وَحَرُمَ الطَّعَامُ عَلَى الصَّائِمِ ، وَصَلَّى الْمَرَّةَ الثَّانِيَةَ الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَهُ لِوَقْتِ الْعَصْرِ بِالْأَمْسِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِثْلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ لِوَقْتِهِ الْأَوَّلِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ حِينَ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ أَسْفَرَتِ الْأَرْضُ ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ جِبْرِيلُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا وَقْتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَالْوَقْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ , وَبُرَيْدَةَ , وَأَبِي مُوسَى , وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ , وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ , وَجَابِرٍ , وَعَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ , وَالْبَرَاءِ , وَأَنَسٍ .
´Ibn Abbas narrated that :` the Prophet said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) led me (in Salat) twice at the House. So he prayed Zuhr the first time when the shadow was similar to (the length of) the strap a sandal. Then he prayed Asr when everything was similar (to the length of) its shadow. Then he prayed Maghrib when the sun had set and the fasting person breaks fast. Then he prayed Isha when the twilight had vanished. Then he prayed Fajr when Fajr (dawn) began, and when eating is prohibited for the fasting person. The second time he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of everything was similar to (the length of) it, at the time of Asr the day before. Then he prayed Asr when the shadow of everything was about twice as long as it. Then he prayed Maghrib at the same time as he did the first time. Then he prayed Isha, the later one, when a third of the night had gone. Then he prayed Subh when the land glowed. Then Jibril turned towards me and said: "O Muhammad! These are the times of the Prophets before you, and the (best) time is what is between these two times."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الصلاة / 149
Hadith Grading الألبانی: حسن صحيح، المشكاة (583) ، الإرواء (249) ، صحيح أبي داود (416)
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابی داود/ الصلاة 2 (393) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 6519) ، مسند احمد (1/333، 354) (حسن صحیح)»
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
English Commentary:
1:
From this hadith, it is understood that the time for Zuhr remains until the shadow becomes equal (to the object), after which the time for Asr begins. This is the position of the majority (jumhur), while the well-known opinion of Imam Abu Hanifah is that Asr time begins when the shadow is twice the length (of the object). However, this is not established by any authentic marfu‘ hadith. In fact, some scholars among the Hanafis themselves have refuted this opinion of his based on authentic ahadith. (For details, see: Al-Ta‘liq al-Mumajjad ‘ala Muwatta’ al-Imam Muhammad, p. 41, pub. Qadimi Kutub Khana, Karachi)

2:
What is meant here is the redness that remains in the west after the sun has set.

3:
On the first day, Jibril (alayhis salam) led all the prayers at their earliest times, and on the second day at their latest times, so that the beginning and end times of each prayer would become known.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 149