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512. Al-'Alâ' narrated to us that he entered upon Anas bin Mâlik in his house in Al-Başrah, when he had finished Zuhr, and his house was beside the Masjid. "When we entered upon him, he said: 'Have you prayed Asr?' We said: 'No, we have just finished Zuhr.' He said: 'Pray Asr.' So we got up and prayed, and when we finished he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: "That is the prayer of the hypocrite: he sits and delays Asr prayer until (the sun) is between the horns of the Shaitân, then he gets up and pecks four (Rak'ahs) in which he only remembers Allâh a little." (Sahih)
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Commentary
"Gives four quick pecks" because the sun almost begins to set. He, therefore, starts praying quickly. By the look of it, it appears as if a crow is pecking at something. He does not fully carry out the utterances in various parts of the prayer. Since he lacks enthusiasm, he sparingly recites the things prescribed in them. He recites a part of what he should recite. Because the prayer consists of four units, the expression four pecks is brought into use. Though these four units comprise eight prostrations, due to his rapidly performing them, two prostrations seem to be like one peck of a crow.
