Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

I was with Buraida on a cloudy day and he said, “Offer the `Asr prayer earlier as the Prophet (ﷺ) said,
‘Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer will have all his (good) deeds annulled.” (See Hadith No. 527 and
528)

My father said, “One night we were traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ) and some people said, ‘We wish that
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) would take a rest along with us during the last hours of the night.’ He said, ‘I am afraid
that you will sleep and miss the (Fajr) prayer.’ Bilal said, ‘I will make you get up.’ So all slept and
Bilal rested his back against his Rahila and he too was overwhelmed (by sleep) and slept. The Prophet (ﷺ)
got up when the edge of the sun had risen and said, ‘O Bilal! What about your statement?’ He replied,
‘I have never slept such a sleep.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Allah captured your souls when He wished, and
released them when He wished. O Bilal! Get up and pronounce the Adhan for the prayer.’ The Prophet (ﷺ)
performed ablution and when the sun came up and became bright, he stood up and prayed.”

On the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of trench.) `Umar bin Al-Khattab came cursing the disbelievers
of Quraish after the sun had set and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I could not offer the `Asr prayer till the
sun had set.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “By Allah! I, too, have not prayed.” So we turned towards Buthan, and
the Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution and we too performed ablution and offered the `Asr prayer after the
sun had set, and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If anyone forgets a prayer he should pray that prayer when he remembers it. There
is no expiation except to pray the same.” Then he recited: “Establish prayer for My (i.e. Allah’s)
remembrance.” (20.14).

`Umar came cursing the disbelievers (of Quraish) on the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of Trench) and
said, “I could not offer the `Asr prayer till the sun had set. Then we went to Buthan and he offered the
(`Asr) prayer after sunset and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.

My father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, “Tell us how Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
used to offer the compulsory congregational prayers.” He said, “He used to pray the Zuhr prayer,
which you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time when one of US could
go to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what
Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet (ﷺ) preferred to pray the `Isha’ late and
disliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning prayer at
such a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the
Prophet) used to recite 60 to 100 ‘Ayat’ (verses) of the Qur’an in it.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade two kinds of sales, two kinds of dresses, and two prayers. He forbade offering
prayers after the Fajr prayer till the rising of the sun and after the `Asr prayer till its setting. He also
forbade “Ishtimal-Assama [??] ” and “al-Ihtiba” in one garment in such a way that one’s private parts
are exposed towards the sky. He also forbade the sales called “Munabadha” and “Mulamasa.” (See
Hadith No. 354 and 355 Vol. 3).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) disliked to sleep before the `Isha’ prayer and to talk after it.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “None of you should try to pray at sunrise or sunset.”

`Aisha said, “Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) delayed the `Isha’ prayer till `Umar reminded him by saying, “The
prayer!” The women and children have slept. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) came out and said, ‘None amongst the
dwellers of the earth has been waiting for it (the prayer) except you.” `Urwa said, “Nowhere except in
Medina the prayer used to be offered (in those days).” He further said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer the
`Isha’ prayer in the period between the disappearance of the twilight and the end of the first third of
the night.”