One Who Abandons Ṣalāt Al-'Asr
Darussalam · Volume 1
5. The Book Of ṢalâhSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 474 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 236
Source no. 474 · Volume 2 · Page 118
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صحيح، الإرواء (٢٥٥)
Source no. 460 · Volume 1 · Page 103
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(صحيح) - الإرواء ٢٥٥: خ.
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475. It was narrated that Abū Qilābah said: "Abū Al-Malīḥ narrated to me: 'We were with Buraidah on a cloudy day and he said: "Pray early, for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever abandons Ṣalāt Al-'Asr, his good deeds will perish.''" (Ṣahīh)
474 - أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ بُرَيْدَةَ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي غَيْمٍ فَقَالَ: بَكِّرُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ؛ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ»
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1. On a cloudy day, the sun is not discernible. Hence, there remains uncertainty about the timing of the sun's setting. Therefore, the 'Asr (the mid-afternoon) prayer should unfailingly be offered in its early time, so that delay may not result in missing the prayer and having to make it up (Al-Qada). 2. "His good deeds will perish" - What is referred to here is the phenomenon of some deeds becoming null and void, deeds whose knowledge is with Allāh alone. Some have stated that by these words is meant severity and magnitude of the sin and not the literal wording. This connotation is not farfetched, but the above-mentioned meaning is closer to the wording (of the Hadīth).