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149. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Jibrīl [peace be upon him] led me (in Ṣalāt) twice at the House.[1] So he prayed Zuhr the first time when the shadow was similar to (the length of) the strap of a sandal. Then he prayed ʾAṣr when everything was similar (to the length of) its shadow. Then he prayed Maghrib when the sun had set and the fasting person breaks fast. Then he prayed ʾIshā' when the twilight had vanished. Then he prayed Fajr when Fajr (dawn) began, and when eating is prohibited for the fasting person. The second time he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of everything was similar to (the length of) it, at the time of ʾAṣr the day before. Then he prayed ʾAṣr when the shadow of everything was about twice as long as it. Then he prayed Maghrib at the same time as he did the first time. Then he prayed ʾIshā, the later one,[2] when a third of the
night had gone. Then he prayed Ṣubh[1] when the land glowed. Then Jibril turned towards me and said: 'O Muḥammad! These are the times of the Prophets before you, and the (best) time is what is between these two times.'" (Ḥasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, Buraidah, Abū Mūsā, Abū Mas'ūd [Al-Anṣārī], Abū Sa'eed, Jābir, 'Amr bin Ḥazm, Al-Barā', and Anas.
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Footnotes
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[1] At the Ka'bah in Makkah.
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[2] That is the later of the two night prayers: ʾIshā.
Commentary
1. The times of prayers of the previous Prophets were also open and flexible; it does not mean that they were also obliged to offer five daily prayers and that their times were the same as ours.
2. According to the above mentioned Aḥādīth, the prayers are to be performed within the prescribed time.
