The Time Of The Maghrib Prayer
Darussalam · Volume 1
(2) The Book OfThe PrayerSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 687 · Volume 2 · Page 259
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٤٤٢)
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687. Abu Najāshī said: "I heard Rāfi' bin Khadij say: 'We used to perform the Maghrib at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and one of us would be able to see the places where his arrows would land when shot from his bow.'" (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording.
687 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ يَقُولُ: «كُنَّا نُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَيَنْصَرِفُ أَحَدُنَا، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَوَاقِعِ نَبْلِهِ» حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى نَحْوَهُ
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One reason for completing the Maghrib prayer so early was that they used to perform it just at the setting of the sun. The second is that the prayer was relatively brief, in the sense that, unlike other prayers, there was no prolonged recitation of the Qur'an in it.