2/3. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 398 — Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
The Times Of The Prophet's (saws) Prayers And How He Used To Pray Them
Sunan Abi Dawud : 398
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 398
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَيُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَنَا لَيَذْهَبُ إِلَى أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَرْجِعُ وَالشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ وَنَسِيتُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَكَانَ لاَ يُبَالِي تَأْخِيرَ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ . قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِلَى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ . قَالَ وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ النَّوْمَ قَبْلَهَا وَالْحَدِيثَ بَعْدَهَا وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ وَمَا يَعْرِفُ أَحَدُنَا جَلِيسَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْرِفُهُ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا مِنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى الْمِائَةِ .
Abu Barzah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun had passed the meridian; he would offer 'Asr prayer after which one of us would visit the skirts of Medina and return him while the sun was still bright; I forgot what he said about the Maghrib prayer; he did not fear postponing the Isha prayer until a third of night had passed, or he said: until the midnight had passed. He would dislike sleeping before it or talking after it. And he would offer the Fajr prayer when a man could recognize his neighbor whom he recognized well; and he would recite from sixty to a hundred verses during it.
[2] The speaker is Abū Al-Minhāl Sayyār bin Salāmah, as is clarified in the narration of Aḥmad (4:425), and he also said about the recitation mentioned at the end: "I do not know if it was in one of the two Rak'ahs or in both of them."[3] This is explained in one of the versions recorded by Al-Bukhārī (no. 541) wherein at the end it says: "Shu'bah said: 'Then I met him another time and he said: "Or a third of the night." Meaning that Abū Minhāl was not sure, and "then he said" in the narration is Shu'bah explaining that he said it differently another time.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 398In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 8English translation : Book 2, Hadith 398
