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..This hadith has been reported by Yahya b. Abd Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.
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