Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 10:
Times
of the Prayers
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 500:
Narrated Ibn Shihab:
Once'Umar bin
'Abdul 'Aziz delayed the prayer and 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair went to him and said, "Once in
'Iraq, Al-MughTra bin Shu'ba delayed his prayers
and Abi Mas'ud Al-Ansari went to him and said, 'O
Mughira! What is this? Don't you know that once
Gabriel came and offered the prayer (Fajr prayer)
and Allah's Apostle prayed too, then he prayed
again (Zuhr prayer) and so did Allah's Apostle and
again he prayed ('Asr prayers and Allah's Apostle
did the same; again he prayed (Maghrib-prayer) and
so did Allah's Apostle and again prayed ('Isha
prayer) and so did Allah's Apostle and (Gabriel)
said, 'I was ordered to do so (to demonstrate the
prayers prescribed to you)?'" 'Umar (bin
'Abdul 'AzTz) said to 'Urwa, "Be sure of what
you Say. Did Gabriel lead Allah's Apostle at the
stated times of the prayers?" 'Urwa replied,
"Bashir bin Abi Mas'ud narrated like this on
the authority of his father." Urwa added,
"Aisha told me that Allah's Apostle used to
pray 'Asr prayer when the sun-shine was still
inside her residence (during the early time of 'Asr)."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 501:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
"Once a
delegation of 'Abdul Qais came to Allah's Apostle
and said, "We belong to such and such branch
of the tribe of Rab'a and we can only come to you
in the sacred months. Order us to do something
good so that we may (carry out) take it from you
and also invite to it our people whom we have left
behind (at home)." The Prophet said, " I
order you to do four things and forbid you from
four things. (The first four are as follows):
1. To believe in
Allah. (And then he: explained it to them i.e.) to
testify that none has the right to be worshipped
but Allah and (Muhammad) am Allah's Apostle
2. To offer prayers
perfectly (at the stated times):
3. To pay Zakat
(obligatory charity)
4. To give me
Khumus
(The other four
things which are forbidden are as follows):
1. Dubba
2. Hantam
3. Muqaiyat
4. Naqir (all these
are utensils used for the preparation of alcoholic
drinks)."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 502:
Narrated Jarir bin
'Abdullah:
I gave the pledge
of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for to offer
prayers perfectly, to pay Zakat regularly, and to
give good advice to every Muslim.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 503:
Narrated Shaqiq:
that he had heard
Hudhaifa saying, "Once I was sitting with 'Umar
and he said, 'Who amongst you remembers the
statement of Allah's Apostle about the
afflictions?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet
had said it.' 'Umar said, 'No doubt you are bold.'
I said, 'The afflictions caused for a man by his
wife, money, children and neighbor are expiated by
his prayers, fasting, charity and by enjoining
(what is good) and forbidding (what is evil).' 'Umar
said, 'I did not mean that but I asked about that
affliction which will spread like the waves of the
sea.' I (Hudhaifa) said, 'O leader of the faithful
believers! You need not be afraid of it as there
is a closed door between you and it.' 'Umar asked,
Will the door be broken or opened?' I replied, 'It
will be broken.' 'Umar said, 'Then it will never
be closed again.' I was asked whether 'Umar knew
that door. I replied that he knew it as one knows
that there will be night before the tomorrow
morning. I narrated a Hadith that was free from
any mis-statement" The subnarrator added that
they deputed Masruq to ask Hudhaifa (about the
door). Hudhaifa said, "The door was 'Umar
himself."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 504:
Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:
A man kissed a
woman (unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet
and informed him. Allah revealed:
And offer prayers
perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some
hours of the night (i.e. the five compulsory
prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the
evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The man asked
Allah's Apostle, "Is it for me?" He
said, "It is for all my followers."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 505:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I asked the Prophet
"Which deed is the dearest to Allah?" He
replied, "To offer the prayers at their early
stated fixed times." I asked, "What is
the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To
be good and dutiful to your parents" I again
asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?"
He replied, 'To participate in Jihad (religious
fighting) in Allah's cause." 'Abdullah added,
"I asked only that much and if I had asked
more, the Prophet would have told me more."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 506:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "If there was a river at the
door of anyone of you and he took a bath in it
five times a day would you notice any dirt on
him?" They said, "Not a trace of dirt
would be left." The Prophet added, "That
is the example of the five prayers with which
Allah blots out (annuls) evil deeds."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 507:
Narrated Ghailan:
Anas said, "I
do not find (now-a-days) things as they were
(practiced) at the time of the Prophet."
Somebody said "The prayer (is as it
was.)" Anas said, "Have you not done in
the prayer what you have done?
Narrated Az-Zuhri
that he visited Anas bin Malik at Damascus and
found him weeping and asked him why he was
weeping. He replied, "I do not know anything
which I used to know during the life-time of
Allah's Apostle except this prayer which is being
lost (not offered as it should be)."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 508:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Whenever anyone of you offers his prayer he
is speaking in private to his Lord. So he should
not spit to his right but under his left
foot." Qatada said, "He should not spit
in front of him but to his left or under his
feet." And Shu'ba said, "He should not
spit in front of him, nor to his right but to his
left or under his foot." Anas said: The
Prophet said, "He should neither spit in the
direction of his Qibla nor to his right but to his
left or under his foot."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 509:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Do the prostration properly and do not put
your fore-arms flat with elbows touching the
ground like a dog. And if you want to spit, do not
spit in front, nor to the right for the person in
prayer is speaking in private to his Lord."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 510:
Narrated Abu
Huraira and 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If it is very hot, then pray the Zuhr
prayer when it becomes (a bit) cooler, as the
severity of the heat is from the raging of the
Hell-fire."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 511:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
The Muadhdhin
(call-maker) of the Prophet pronounced the Adhan
(call) for the Zuhr prayer but the Prophet said,
"Let it be cooler, let it be cooler." Or
said, 'Wait, wait, because the severity of heat is
from the raging of the Hell-fire. In severe hot
weather, pray when it becomes (a bit) cooler and
the shadows of hillocks appear."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 512:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"In very hot weather delay the Zuhr prayer
till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the
severity of heat is from the raging of Hell-fire.
The Hell-fire of Hell complained to its Lord
saying: O Lord! My parts are eating (destroying)
one another. So Allah allowed it to take two
breaths, one in the winter and the other in the
summer. The breath in the summer is at the time
when you feel the severest heat and the breath in
the winter is at the time when you feel the
severest cold."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 513:
Narrated Abu Sa'id:
that Allah's
Apostle said, "Pray Zuhr prayer when it
becomes (a bit) cooler as the severity of heat is
from the raging of the Hell-fire."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 514:
Narrated Abu Dhar
Al-Ghifar:
We were with the
Prophet on a journey and the Mu'adhdhin (call
maker for the prayer) wanted to pronounce the
Adhan (call) for the Zuhr prayer. The Prophet
said, 'Let it become cooler." He again (after
a while) wanted to pronounce the Adhan but the
Prophet said to him, "Let it become cooler
till we see the shadows of hillocks." The
Prophet added, "The severity of heat is from
the raging of the Hell-fire, and in very hot
weather pray (Zuhr) when it becomes cooler."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 515:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
came out as the sun declined at mid-day and
offered the Zuhr prayer. He then stood on the
pulpit and spoke about the Hour (Day of Judgment)
and said that in it there would be tremendous
things. He then said, "Whoever likes to ask
me about anything he can do so and I shall reply
as long as I am at this place of mine. Most of the
people wept and the Prophet said repeatedly,
"Ask me." Abdullah bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi
stood up and said, "Who is my father?"
The Prophet said, "Your father is Hudhafa."
The Prophet repeatedly said, "Ask me."
Then Umar knelt before him and said, "We are
pleased with Allah as our Lord, Islam as our
religion, and Muhammad as our Prophet." The
Prophet then became quiet and said, "Paradise
and Hell-fire were displayed in front of me on
this wall just now and I have never seen a better
thing (than the former) and a worse thing (than
the latter)."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 516:
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal:
Abu Barza said,
"The Prophet used to offer the Fajr (prayer)
when one could recognize the person sitting by him
(after the prayer) and he used to recite between
60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an. He used to
offer the Zuhr prayer as soon as the sun declined
(at noon) and the 'Asr at a time when a man might
go and return from the farthest place in Medina
and find the sun still hot. (The sub-narrator
forgot what was said about the Maghrib). He did
not mind delaying the 'Isha prayer to one third of
the night or the middle of the night."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 517:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
When we offered the
Zuhr prayers behind Allah's Apostle we used to
prostrate on our clothes to protect ourselves from
the heat.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 518:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
"The Prophet
prayed eight Rakat for the Zuhr and 'Asr, and
seven for the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers in
Medina." Aiyub said, "Perhaps those were
rainy nights." Anas said, "May be."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 519:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
used to offer the 'Asr prayer when the sunshine
had not disappeared from my chamber.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 520:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
used to offer the 'Asr prayers at a time when the
sunshine was still inside my chamber and no shadow
had yet appeared in it.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 521:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet used to
pray the 'Asr prayers at a time when the sunshine
was still inside my chamber and no shadow had yet
appeared in it.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 522:
Narrated Saiyar bin
Salama:
I along with my
father went to Abu- Barza Al-Aslarrni and my
father asked him, "How Allah's Apostle used
to offer the five compulsory congregational
prayers?" Abu- Barza said, "The Prophet
used to pray the Zuhr prayer which you (people)
call the first one at mid-day when the sun had
just declined The Asr prayer at a time when after
the prayer, a man could go to the house at the
farthest place in Medina (and arrive) while the
sun was still hot. (I forgot about the Maghrib
prayer). The Prophet Loved to delay the 'Isha
which you call Al- Atama and he disliked sleeping
before it and speaking after it. After the Fajr
prayer he used to leave when a man could recognize
the one sitting beside him and he used to recite
between 60 to 100 Ayat (in the Fajr prayer) .
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 523:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
We used to pray the
Asr prayer and after that if someone happened to
go to the tribe of Bani Amr bin Auf, he would find
them still praying the Asr (prayer).
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 524:
Narrated Abu Bakr
bin Uthman bin Sahl bin Hunaif:
that he heard Abu
Umama saying: We prayed the Zuhr prayer with 'Umar
bin Abdul Aziz and then went to Anas bin Malik and
found him offering the Asr prayer. I asked him,
"O uncle! Which prayer have you
offered?" He said 'The Asr and this is (the
time of) the prayer of Allah s Apostle which we
used to pray with him."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 525:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
used to offer the 'Asr prayer at a time when the
sun was still hot and high and if a person went to
Al-'Awali (a place) of Medina, he would reach
there when the sun was still high. Some of Al-'Awali
of Medina were about four miles or so from the
town.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 526:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
We used to pray the
'Asr and after that if one of US went to Quba'he
would arrive there while the sun was still high.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 527:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever misses the 'Asr prayer
(intentionally) then it is as if he lost his
family and property."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 528:
Narrated Abu Al-Mahh:
We were with
Buraida in a battle on a cloudy day and he said,
"Offer the 'Asr prayer early as the Prophet
said, "Whoever leaves the 'Asr prayer, all
his (good) deeds will be annulled."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 529:
Narrated Qais:
Jarir said,
"We were with the Prophet and he looked at
the moon--full-moon--and said, 'Certainly you will
see your Lord as you see this moon and you will
have no trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid
missing (through sleep or business, etc.) a prayer
before the sun-rise (Fajr) and a prayer before
sunset ('Asr), you must do so.' He then recited
Allah's Statement:
And celebrate the
praises Of your Lord before The rising of the sun
And before (its) setting." (50.39) Isma'il
said, "Offer those prayers and do not miss
them."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 530:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Angels come to you in succession by
night and day and all of them get together at the
time of the Fajr and 'Asr prayers. Those who have
passed the night with you (or stayed with you)
ascend (to the Heaven) and Allah asks them, though
He knows everything about you, well, "In what
state did you leave my slaves?" The angels
reply: "When we left them they were praying
and when we reached them, they were praying."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 531:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If anyone of you can get one Rak'a of
the 'Asr prayer before sunset, he should complete
his prayer. If any of you can get one Rak'a of the
Fajr prayer before sunrise, he should complete his
prayer."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 532:
Narrated Salim bin
'Abdullah:
My father said,
"I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'The period
of your stay as compared to the previous nations
is like the period equal to the time between the 'Asr
prayer and sunset. The people of the Torah were
given the Torah and they acted (upon it) till
mid-day then they were exhausted and were given
one Qirat (of gold) each. And then the people of
the Gospel were given the Gospel and they acted
(upon it) till the 'Asr prayer then they were
exhausted and were! given one Qirat each. And then
we were given the Qur'an and we acted (upon it)
till sunset and we were given two Qirats each. On
that the people of both the scriptures said, 'O
our Lord! You have given them two Qirats and given
us one Qirat, though we have worked more than
they.' Allah said, 'Have I usurped some of your
right?' They said, 'No.' Allah said: "That is
my blessing I bestow upon whomsoever I wish."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 533:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians
is like the example of a man who employed laborers
to work for him from morning till night. They
worked till mid-day and they said, 'We are not in
need of your reward.' SO the man employed another
batch and said to them, 'Complete the rest of the
day and yours will be the wages I had fixed (for
the first batch). They worked Up till the time of
the 'Asr prayer and said, 'Whatever we have done
is for you.' He employed another batch. They
worked for the rest of the day till sunset, and
they received the wages of the two former
batches."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 534:
Narrated Rafi' bin
Khadij:
We used to offer
the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet and after
finishing the prayer one of us may go away and
could still see as Par as the spots where one's
arrow might reach when shot by a bow.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 535:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet used to
pray the Zuhr at mid-day, and the 'Asr at a time
when the sun was still bright, the Maghrib after
sunset (at its stated time) and the Isha at a
variable time. Whenever he saw the people
assembled (for Isha' prayer) he would pray earlier
and if the people delayed, he would delay the
prayer. And they or the Prophet used to offer the
Fajr Prayers when it still dark.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 536:
Narrated Salama:
We used to pray the
Maghrib prayer with the Prophet when the sun
disappeared from the horizon.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 537:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet prayed
seven Rakat together and eight Rakat together.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 538:
Narrated 'Abdullah
Al-Muzani:
The Prophet said,
"Do not be influenced by bedouins regarding
the name of your Maghrib prayer which is called 'Isha'
by them."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 539:
Narrated Abdullah:
"One night
Allah's Apostle led us in the 'Isha' prayer and
that is the one called Al-'Atma by the people.
After the completion of the prayer, he faced us
and said, "Do you know the importance of this
night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth
to-night will be living after one hundred years
from this night." (See Hadith No. 575).
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 540:
Narrated Muhammad
bin 'Amr:
We asked Jabir bin
'Abdullah about the prayers of the Prophet . He
said, "He used to pray Zuhr prayer at
mid-day, the 'Asr when the sun was still hot, and
the Maghrib after sunset (at its stated time). The
'Isha was offered early if the people gathered,
and used to be delayed if their number was less;
and the morning prayer was offered when it was
still dark. "
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 541:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
once delayed the 'Isha' prayer and that was during
the days when Islam still had not spread. The
Prophet did not come out till 'Umar informed him
that the women and children had slept. Then he
came out and said to the people of the
mosque:"None amongst the dwellers of the
earth has been waiting for it ('Isha prayer)
except you."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 542:
Narrated Abu Musa:
My companions, who
came with me in the boat and I landed at a place
called Baqi Buthan. The Prophet was in Medina at
that time. One of us used to go to the Prophet by
turns every night at the time of the Isha prayer.
Once I along with my companions went to the
Prophet and he was busy in some of his affairs, so
the 'Isha' prayer was delayed to the middle of the
night He then came out and led the people (in
prayer). After finishing from the prayer, he
addressed the people present there saying,
"Be patient! Don't go away. Have the glad
tiding. It is from the blessing of Allah upon you
that none amongst mankind has prayed at this time
save you." Or said, "None except you has
prayed at this time." Abu Muisa added, 'So we
returned happily after what we heard from Alllah's
Apostle ."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 543:
Narrated Abu Barza:
Allah's Apostle
disliked to sleep before the 'Isha' prayer and to
talk after it.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 544:
Narrated Ibn Shihab
from 'Urwa:
'Aisha said,
"Once Allah's Apostle delayed the 'Isha'
prayer till 'Umar reminded him by saying,
"The prayer!" The women and children
have slept. Then the Prophet came out and said,
'None amongst the dwellers of the earth has been
waiting for it (the prayer) except you." Urwa
said, "Nowhere except in Medina the prayer
used to be offered (in those days)." He
further said, "The Prophet used to offer the
'Isha' prayer in the period between the
disappearance of the twilight and the end of the
first third of the night."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 545:
Narrated Ibn Juraij
from Nafi:
'Abdullah bin 'Umar
said, "Once Allah's Apostle was busy (at the
time of the 'Isha'), so the prayer was delayed so
much so that we slept and woke up and slept and
woke up again. The Prophet came out and said,
'None amongst the dwellers of the earth but you
have been waiting for the prayer." Ibn 'Umar
did not find any harm in praying it earlier or in
delaying it unless he was afraid that sleep might
overwhelm him and he might miss the prayer, and
sometimes he used to sleep before the 'Isha'
prayer. Ibn Juraij said, "I said to 'Ata', 'I
heard Ibn 'Abbas saying: Once Allah's Apostle
delayed the 'Isha' prayer to such an extent that
the people slept and got up and slept again and
got up again. Then 'Umar bin Al-Khattab I, stood
up and reminded the Prophet I of the prayer.'
'Ata' said, 'Ibn 'Abbas said: The Prophet came out
as if I was looking at him at this time, and water
was trickling from his head and he was putting his
hand on his head and then said, 'Hadn't I thought
it hard for my followers, I would have ordered
them to pray ('Isha' prayer) at this time.' I
asked 'Ata' for further information, how the
Prophet had kept his hand on his head as he was
told by Ibn 'Abbas. 'Ata' separated his fingers
slightly and put their tips on the side of the
head, brought the fingers downwards approximating
them till the thumb touched the lobe of the ear at
the side of the temple and the beard on the face.
He neither slowed nor hurried in this action but
he acted like that. The Prophet said: "Hadn't
I thought it hard for my followers I would have
ordered them to pray at this time."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 546:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet delayed
the'lsha' prayer till midnight and then he offered
the prayer and said, "The people prayed and
slept but you have been in prayer as long as you
have been waiting for it (the prayer)." Anas
added: As if I am looking now at the glitter of
the ring of the Prophet on that night.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 547:
Narrated Jarir bin
'Abdullah:
We were with the
Prophet on a full moon night. He looked at the
moon and said, "You will certainly see your
Lord as you see this moon, and there will be no
trouble in seeing Him. So if you can avoid missing
(through sleep, business, etc.) a prayer before
the rising of the sun (Fajr) and before its
setting ('Asr) you must do so. He (the Prophet )
then recited the following verse:
And celebrate the
praises Of Your Lord before The rising of the sun
And before (its) setting." (50.39)
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 548:
Narrated Abu Bakr
bin Abi Musa:
My father said,
"Allah's Apostle said, 'Whoever prays the two
cool prayers ('Asr and Fajr) will go to Paradise.'
"
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 549:
Narrated Anas:
Zaid bin Thabit
said, "We took the "Suhur" (the
meal taken before dawn while fasting is observed)
with the Prophet and then stood up for the
(morning) prayer." I asked him how long the
interval between the two (Suhur and prayer) was.
He replied, 'The interval between the two was just
sufficient to recite fifty to Sixth 'Ayat."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 550:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas bin Malik
said, "The Prophet and Zaid bin Thabit took
the 'Suhur' together and after finishing the meal,
the Prophet stood up and prayed (Fajr
prayer)." I asked Anas, "How long was
the interval between finishing their 'Suhur' and
starting the prayer?" He replied, "The
interval between the two was just sufficient to
recite fifty 'Ayat." (Verses of the Quran)."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 551:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
I used to take the
"Suhur" meal with my family and hasten
so as to catch the Fajr (morning prayer) with
Allah's Apostle
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 552:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The believing women
covered with their veiling sheets used to attend
the Fajr prayer with Allah's Apostle, and after
finishing the prayer they would return to their
home and nobody could recognize them because of
darkness.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 553:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever could get one Rak'a (of the
Fajr prayer) before sunrise, he has got the
(morning) prayer and whoever could get one Rak'a
of the'Asr prayer before sunset, he has got the ('Asr)
prayer."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 554:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever could get one Rak'a of a
prayer, (in its proper time) he has got the
prayer."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 555:
Narrated 'Umar:
"The Prophet
forbade praying after the Fajr prayer till the sun
rises and after the 'Asr prayer till the sun
sets."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 556:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Some people told me
the same narration (as above).
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 557:
Narrated Hisham's
father:
Ibn 'Umar said,
"Allah's Apostle said, 'Do not pray at the
time of sunrise and at the time of sunset.' "
Ibn 'Umar said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If
the edge of the sun appears (above the horizon)
delay the prayer till it becomes high, and if the
edge of the sun disappears, delay the prayer till
it sets (disappears completely).' "
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 558:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
forbade two kinds of sales, two kinds of dresses,
and two prayers. He forbade offering prayers after
the Fajr prayer till the rising of the sun and
after the 'Asr prayer till its setting. He also
forbade "Ishtimal-Assama" and "al-Ihtiba"
in one garment in such a way that one's private
parts are exposed towards the sky. He also forbade
the sales called "Munabadha" and "Mulamasa."
(See Hadith No. 354 and 355 Vol. 3).
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 559:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "None of you should try to pray at
sunrise or sunset."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 560:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "There is no prayer after the
morning prayer till the sun rises, and there is no
prayer after the Asr prayer till the sun
sets."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 561:
Narrated Muawiya:
You offer a prayer
which I did not see being offered by Allah's
Apostle when we were in his company and he
certainly had forbidden it (i.e. two Rakat after
the Asr prayer).
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 562:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
forbade the offering of two prayers:
1. after the
morning prayer till the sunrises.
2. after the 'Asr
prayer till the sun sets.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 563:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
I pray as I saw my
companions praying. I do not forbid praying at any
time during the day or night except at sunset and
sunrise.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 564:
Narrated 'Aisha:
By Allah, Who took
away the Prophet. The Prophet never missed them
(two Rakat) after the 'Asr prayer till he met
Allah and he did not meet Allah till it became
heavy for him to pray while standing so he used to
offer most of the prayers while sitting. (She
meant the two Rakat after Asr) He used to pray
them in the house and never prayed them in the
mosque lest it might be hard for his followers and
he loved what was easy for them .
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 565:
Narrated Hisham's
father:
'Aisha (addressing
me) said, "O son of my sister! The Prophet
never missed two prostrations (i.e. Rakat) after
the 'Asr prayer in my house."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 566:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
never missed two Rakat before the Fajr prayer and
after the Asr prayer openly and secretly.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 567:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever the
Prophet come to me after the 'Asr prayer, he
always prayed two Rakat.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 568:
Narrated Ibn Abu
Malih:
I was with Buraida
on a cloudy day and he said, "Offer the 'Asr
prayer earlier as the Prophet said, 'Whoever
leaves the 'Asr prayer will have all his (good)
deeds annulled." (See Hadith No. 527 and 528)
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 569:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
My father said,
"One night we were traveling with the Prophet
and some people said, 'We wish that Allah's
Apostle would take a rest along with us during the
last hours of the night.' He said, 'I am afraid
that you will sleep and miss the (Fajr) prayer.'
Bilal said, 'I will make you get up.' So all slept
and Bilal rested his back against his Rahila and
he too was overwhelmed (by sleep) and slept. The
Prophet got up when the edge of the sun had risen
and said, 'O Bilal! What about your statement?' He
replied, 'I have never slept such a sleep.' The
Prophet said, 'Allah captured your souls when He
wished, and released them when He wished. O Bilal!
Get up and pronounce the Adhan for the prayer.'
The Prophet performed ablution and when the sun
came up and became bright, he stood up and
prayed."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 570:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
On the day of Al-Khandaq
(the battle of trench.) 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came
cursing the disbelievers of Quraish after the sun
had set and said, "O Allah's Apostle I could
not offer the 'Asr prayer till the sun had
set." The Prophet said, "By Allah! I,
too, have not prayed." So we turned towards
Buthan, and the Prophet performed ablution and we
too performed ablution and offered the 'Asr prayer
after the sun had set, and then he offered the
Maghrib prayer.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 571:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"If anyone forgets a prayer he should pray
that prayer when he remembers it. There is no
expiation except to pray the same." Then he
recited: "Establish prayer for My (i.e.
Allah's) remembrance." (20.14).
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 572:
Narrated Jabir:
Umar came cursing
the disbelievers (of Quraish) on the day of Al-Khandaq
(the battle of Trench) and said, "I could not
offer the 'Asr prayer till the sun had set. Then
we went to Buthan and he offered the ('Asr) prayer
after sunset and then he offered the Maghrib
prayer.
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 573:
Narrated Abu-l-Minhal:
My father and I
went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to
him, "Tell us how Allah's Apostle used to
offer the compulsory congregational prayers."
He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer,
which you call the first prayer, as the sun
declined at noon, the 'Asr at a time when one of
US could go to his family at the farthest place in
Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator
forgot what Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib
prayer), and the Prophet preferred to pray the 'Isha'
late and disliked to sleep before it or talk after
it. And he used to return after finishing the
morning prayer at such a time when it was possible
for one to recognize the person sitting by his
side and he (the Prophet) used to recite 60 to 100
'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 574:
Narrated Qurra bin
Khalid:
Once he waited for
Al-Hasan and he did not show up till it was about
the usual time for him to start his speech; then
he came and apologized saying, "Our neighbors
invited us." Then he added, "Narrated
Anas, 'Once we waited for the Prophet till it was
midnight or about midnight. He came and led the
prayer, and after finishing it, he addressed us
and said, 'All the people prayed and then slept
and you had been in prayer as long as you were
waiting for it." Al-Hasan said, "The
people are regarded as performing good deeds as
long as they are waiting for doing good
deeds." Al-Hasan's statement is a portion of
Anas's Hadith from the Prophet .
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 575:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
The Prophet prayed
one of the'lsha' prayer in his last days and after
finishing it with Taslim, he stood up and said,
"Do you realize (the importance of) this
night? Nobody present on the
surface of the
earth to-night would be living after the
completion of one hundred years from this
night."
The people made a
mistake in grasping the meaning of this statement
of Allah's Apostle and they indulged in those
things which are said about these narrators (i.e.
some said that the Day of Resurrection will be
established after 100 years etc.) But the Prophet
said, "Nobody present on the surface of earth
tonight would be living after the completion of
100 years from this night"; he meant
"When that century (people of that century)
would pass away."
Volume
1, Book 10, Number 576:
Narrated Abu 'Uthman:
'Abdur Rahman bin
Abi Bakr said, "The Suffa Companions were
poor people and the Prophet said, 'Whoever has
food for two persons should take a third one from
them (Suffa companions). And whosoever has food
for four persons he should take one or two from
them' Abu Bakr took three men and the Prophet took
ten of them."
'Abdur Rahman
added, my father my mother and I were there (in
the house). (The sub-narrator is in doubt whether
'Abdur Rahman also said, 'My wife and our servant
who was common for both my house and Abu Bakr's
house). Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet
and remained there till the 'Isha' prayer was
offered. Abu Bakr went back and stayed with the
Prophet till the Prophet took his meal and then
Abu Bakr returned to his house after a long
portion of the night had passed. Abu Bakr's wife
said, 'What detained you from your guests (or
guest)?' He said, 'Have you not served them yet?'
She said, 'They refused to eat until you come. The
food was served for them but they refused." 'Abdur
Rahman added, "I went away and hid myself
(being afraid of Abu Bakr) and in the meantime he
(Abu Bakr) called me, 'O Ghunthar (a harsh word)!'
and also called me bad names and abused me and
then said (to his family), 'Eat. No welcome for
you.' Then (the supper was served). Abu Bakr took
an oath that he would not eat that food. The
narrator added: By Allah, whenever any one of us
(myself and the guests of Suffa companions) took
anything from the food, it increased from
underneath. We all ate to our fill and the food
was more than it was before its serving.
Abu Bakr looked at
it (the food) and found it as it was before
serving or even more than that. He addressed his
wife (saying) 'O the sister of Bani Firas! What is
this?' She said, 'O the pleasure of my eyes! The
food is now three times more than it was before.'
Abu Bakr ate from it, and said, 'That (oath) was
from Satan' meaning his oath (not to eat). Then he
again took a morsel (mouthful) from it and then
took the rest of it to the Prophet. So that meal
was with the Prophet. There was a treaty between
us and some people, and when the period of that
treaty had elapsed the Prophet divided us into
twelve (groups) (the Prophet's companions) each
being headed by a man. Allah knows how many men
were under the command of each (leader). So all of
them (12 groups of men) ate of that meal."
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