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).
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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 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.