(قلت: إسناده حسن صحيح، وقال الترمذي: "حديث حسن صحيح"، والحاكم: "صحيح"! وأقرَّهُ الذهبي! وكذا قال النووي! وأخرجه ابن خزيمة في "صحيحه"، وصححه أيضًا أبو بكر بن العربي، وابن عبد البر)
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English translation
393. Ibn 'Abbās reported that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Jibrīl — peace be upon him — led me in prayer at the House[1] twice. So he prayed Zuhr with me when the sun had passed its zenith and (the shadow) was the length of a sandal strap.[2] And he prayed Asr with me when the shadow was equivalent in length (to an object). And he prayed — meaning Maghrib — with me at the time that a person breaks his fast. And he prayed Ishā with me when the redness of the sky disappeared. And he prayed Fajr with me at the time that eating and drinking become prohibited on a fasting person. On the next day, he prayed Zuhr with me when the shadow was equivalent in length (to an object). And he prayed Asr with me when the shadow (of an object) was equivalent to twice its length. And he prayed Maghrib with me when the fasting person breaks his fast. And he prayed Ishā with me after a third of the night (had passed). And he prayed Fajr with me, and the light was apparent (around us). Then he turned to face me, and said: 'O Muḥammad! These are the times (of prayers) of the Prophets before you, and the time is
between these two times.” (Hasan)
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Footnotes
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[1] Meaning, at the Ka'bah in Makkah.
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[2] "The length of a sandal strap" describes the shadow's appearance in Makkah once it was noticeable that the sun had passed the zenith. It is not necessarily the same in every location on the earth.
Commentary
This, and the following narrations show the beginning and end of the time for obligatory Salāt, and that the Salāt is valid any time between the beginning and the end. Other narrations prove that performing Salāt during the earlier portion of its valid time is recommended, with the exception of Ishā wherein it may be better to delay it to a later time within its valid time, see Aḥādīth nos. 397, 398 and 420.
