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When we offered the Zuhr prayers behind Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) we used to prostrate on our clothes to
protect ourselves from the heat.

“The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed eight rak`at for the Zuhr and `Asr, and seven for the Maghrib and `Isha prayers
in Medina.” Aiyub said, “Perhaps those were rainy nights.” Anas said, “May be.”

A man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and informed him. Allah revealed:
And offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five
compulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The
man asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), “Is it for me?” He said, “It is for all my followers.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer the `Asr prayer when the sunshine had not disappeared from my
chamber.

I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) “Which deed is the dearest to Allah?” He replied, “To offer the prayers at their
early stated fixed times.” I asked, “What is the next (in goodness)?” He replied, “To be good and
dutiful to your parents” I again asked, “What is the next (in goodness)?” He replied, ‘To participate in
Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah’s cause.” `Abdullah added, “I asked only that much and if I had
asked more, the Prophet (ﷺ) would have told me more.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer the `Asr prayers at a time when the sunshine was still inside my chamber
and no shadow had yet appeared in it.

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in
it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?” They said, “Not a trace of dirt would be left.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil
deeds.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray the `Asr prayers at a time when the sunshine was still inside my chamber
and no shadow had yet appeared in it.

Anas said, “I do not find (now-a-days) things as they were (practiced)
at the time of the Prophet.” Somebody said “The prayer (is as it
was.)” Anas said, “Have you not done in the prayer what you have
done?

I along with my father went to Abu- Barza Al-Aslami and my father asked him, “How Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
used to offer the five compulsory congregational prayers?” Abu- Barza said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to
pray the Zuhr prayer which you (people) call the first one at midday when the sun had just declined
The `Asr prayer at a time when after the prayer, a man could go to the house at the farthest place in
Medina (and arrive) while the sun was still hot. (I forgot about the Maghrib prayer). The Prophet (ﷺ)
Loved to delay the `Isha which you call Al- `Atama [??] and he disliked sleeping before it and
speaking after it. After the Fajr prayer he used to leave when a man could recognize the one sitting
beside him and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (in the Fajr prayer) .