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 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, ‘Com –
plete 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.”
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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 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.