Ala bin Abdur-Rahman said: We came upon Anas bin Malik after the Zuhr prayer. He stood for saying the Asr prayer. When he became free from praying, we mentioned to him about observing prayer in its early period or he himself mentioned it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: This is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray: He sits (watching the sun), and when it becomes yellow and is between the horns of the devil, or is on the horns of the devil, he rises and prays for rak'ahs quickly, remembering Allah only seldom during them.
Read More..Ibn Umar reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Anyone who loses his Asr prayer is like a person whose family has perished and whose property has been plundered. Abu Dawud said: Abdullah bin Umar narrated the word utira (instead of wutira, meaning perished). The dispute on this point goes back to Ayyub. Al-Zuhri reported from Salim on the authority of this father from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم the word 'wutira'.
Read More..Al-Awzai said: Delaying the Asr prayer means that the sunshine becomes yellow on the earth.
Read More..Anas bin Malik said: We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and then shoot arrows, one of us could see the place where arrow would fall.
Read More..Salamah bin al-Akwa said: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to say the Maghrib prayer immediately after the sun had set when its upper side would disappear.
Read More..Narrated Abu Ayyub: Marthad ibn Abdullah said: When Abu Ayyub came upon us to fight the infidels and in those days Uqbah ibn Amir was the Governor of Egypt, he (Uqbah) delayed the sunset prayer. Hence Abu Ayyub stood and said: What kind of prayer is this, Uqbah? He said: We were busy. He said: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: My community will remain well, or he said: will remain on its natural condition, so long as it would not delay the evening prayer until the stars shine brightly just like a network.
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