Darussalam · Volume 1
(2) The Book OfThe PrayerSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 686 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 224
Source no. 686 · Volume 2 · Page 258
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686. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh said: "The idolaters kept the Prophet ﷺ from the 'Asr prayer until the sun had set. He said: "They kept us from performing the middle prayer, may Allāh fill their graves and their houses with fire." (Sahih)
686 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَبَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَالَ: «حَبَسُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، مَلَأَ اللَّهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا»
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The Hadith confirms that the middle prayer is another name for the 'Asr prayer, whose importance has been underlined by the Qur'an in the following terms: "Guard strictly the prayers, especially the middle prayer" (2:238). Prayer in Islam is more important than even Jihad (fighting in the cause of Allāh).