Darussalam · Volume 1
6. The Book Of The Times (Of Prayer)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 506 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 252
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صحيح، ابن ماجة (٦٨٢)
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(صحيح) - ابن ماجة ٦٨٢: ق.
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507. It was narrated from Anas: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used to pray 'Asr', then a person could go to Quba'." One of them[1] said: "And he would come to them when they were praying." The other said: "And the sun was still high." (Sahîh)
506 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ، ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ الذَّاهِبُ إِلَى قُبَاءٍ» فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: «فَيَأْتِيهِمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ». وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: «وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ»
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We learn from this Hadîth that the Prophet ﷺ used to offer the prayer as soon as the shadow was equal to the length of the person or object by which it was measured. The inhabitants of Quba, due to work and other preoccupations, performed the prayer later. That is to say it is allowed to offer it when the shadow comes to be twice as long as the corresponding object. The best approach in this matter is to perform the mid-afternoon prayer (Salât Al-'Asr) with the least possible delay, as soon as the shadow grows equal in length to the height of any object by which it is measured, because this is the practice of the Prophet ﷺ.