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152. Sulaimān bin Buraidah narrated that his father said: "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ to ask him about the times for Ṣalāt. So he said: 'Stay with us, In shā' Allāh.' So he ordered Bilāl to call the Iqāmah when Fajr began, then he ordered him to call the Iqāmah when the sun passed the zenith, then he prayed Zuhr. Then he ordered him to call the Iqāmah to pray Aṣr while the sun was elevated and white. Then he ordered him (to call the Iqāmah for) Maghrib when the (top) edge of the sun had set. Then he ordered him to call the Iqāmah for Ishā' when the horizon (twilight) had vanished. Then he ordered him in the morning (to give the call for Fajr prayer), when the light of Fajr glowed. Then he ordered (him to call the Iqāmah for) Zuhr, so he waited well until it had cooled. Then he ordered (him to call the Iqāmah for) Aṣr, so he called the Iqāmah while the sun was later in its position than what it was (the day before). Then he ordered him to delay Maghrib until right before the twilight had disappeared. Then he ordered (him to call the Iqāmah for) Ishā', so he called the Iqāmah when a third of the night had passed. Then he said: 'Where is the one who asked about the times for the Ṣalāt?' So the man said, 'It is I.' So he said: 'The times for the Ṣalāt are what are between these two.'" (Sahīh)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb Ṣaḥīḥ.
[He said:] It was reported by Shu'bah, from 'Alqamah bin Marthad (a narrator of this Ḥadīth) as well.
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The Prophet ﷺ made the person, who asked for the times of prayers, stay with him for two days and practically taught him the timings. On the first day, he ﷺ performed the prayers at the earliest time as soon as the time began, and on the second day he ﷺ performed the prayers at the end of the preferred time; and told the person that this was the start and end of the times for prayers.
