English translation
[1428] 208 - (630) It was narrated from Al-Fuḍail bin Marzûq from Shaqîq bin ‘Uqbah, that Al-Barâ’ bin ‘Azib said: "This verse was revealed - 'Guard strictly (five obligatory) prayers and 'Aṣr prayer...' and we recited it for as long as Allāh willed, then Allāh abrogated, it and revealed: 'Guard strictly (five obligatory) Aṣ-Ṣalawât (the prayers) especially the middle Ṣalât)...[1] A man who was sitting beside Shaqîq said to him: "So it is the 'Aṣr prayer.'" Al-Barâ' said: "I have told you how it was revealed and how it was abrogated, and Allāh knows best."
