Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 411 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 112
Source no. 411 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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صحيح
Source no. 439 · Volume 2 · Page 280
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح، وكذا قال ابن حزم)
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411. Zaid bin Thābit said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would pray Zuhr when it was still hot, and he would not pray any prayer that was more difficult upon his Companions than this one. Then it was revealed: Guard the prayers, and (especially) the middle (Al-Wustā) prayer,” and he ﷺ said, ‘Before it are two prayers, and after it are two prayers.’” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
411 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الزِّبْرِقَانَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً أَشَدَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهَا، فَنَزَلَتْ {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة: 238] وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ قَبْلَهَا صَلَاتَيْنِ، وَبَعْدَهَا صَلَاتَيْنِ»
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That ‘Salāt Al-Wustā’ refers to the ‘Aṣr’ prayer is the majority view. It is also reported from some of the Companions that it refers to other prayers, as demonstrated in these two narrations. See also no. 949.