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 previ –
ous 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 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
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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 fam –
ily and property.”
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.”
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