Ali reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said on the day (of the Battle) of Ahzab: They diverted us from saying the middle prayer, i. e. the 'Asr prayer. May Allah fill their houses and graves with fire; he then observed this prayer between the evening prayer and the night prayer.
Read More..Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that the polytheists detained the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) from observing the afternoon prayer till the sun became red or it became yellow. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: They have diverted us from (offering) the middle prayer. i. e. the 'Asr prayer. May Allah fill their bellies and their graves with fire, or he said: May Allah stuff their bellies and their graves with fire.
Read More..Abu Yunus, the freed slave of 'A'isha said: 'A'isha ordered me to transcribe a copy of the Qur'an for her and said: When you reach this verse: Guard the prayers and the middle prayer (ii. 238), inform me; so when I reached it, I informed her and she gave me dictation (like this): Guard the prayers and the middle prayer and the afternoon prayer, and stand up truly obedient to Allah. 'A'isha said: This is how I have heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
Read More..Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported: This verse was revealed (in this way): Guard the prayers and the 'Asr prayer. We recited it (in this very way) so long as Allah desired. Allah, then, abrogated it and it was revealed: Guard the prayers, and the middle prayer. A person who was sitting with Shaqiq (one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) said: Now it implies the 'Asr prayer. Upon this al-Bara' said: I have already informed you how this (verse) was revealed and how Allah abrogated it, and Allah knows best.
Read More..Imam Muslim said: Ashja'i narrated it from Sufyan al-Thauri, who narrated it from al-Aswad b. Qais, who narrated it from 'Uqba, who narrated it from al-Bara' b. 'Azib who said: We recited with the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (the above-mentioned verse like this, i. e. instead of Salat al- Wusta, Salat al-'Asr) for a certain period. as It has been mentioned (in the above-quoted hadith).
Read More..Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Umar b. al-Khattab had been cursing the pagans of the Quraish an the day (of the Battle) of Khandaq (Ditch). (He came to the Holy Prophet) and said: Messenger of Allah, by God, I could not say. the 'Asr prayer till the sun set. Upon this the Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: By Allah I, too, have not observed it. So we went to a valley. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) performed ablution and we too performed ablution, and then the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said the 'Asr prayer after the sun had set. and then said the evening prayer after it.
Read More..