6/34. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 565 — Three Forbidden Times
The Prohibition Of Praying At Midday
Three Forbidden Times for Prayer and Burial in Hadith
Sunan an-Nasai : 565
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 565
أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ - عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُلَىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ، يَقُولُ ثَلاَثُ سَاعَاتٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَانَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهِنَّ أَوْ نَقْبُرَ فِيهِنَّ مَوْتَانَا حِينَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ بَازِغَةً حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ وَحِينَ يَقُومُ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَمِيلَ وَحِينَ تَضَيَّفُ لِلْغُرُوبِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ .
Musa bin 'Ali Narrated from:
It was narrated from Musa bin 'Ali that his father said: "I heard 'Uqbah bin 'Amir say: 'There are three times during which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us from praying or burying our dead: When the sun had clearly started to rise until it was fully risen, when it was directly overhead at noon until it has passed the zenith, and when it was close to setting until it had fully set.'"
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 565In-book reference : Book 6, Hadith 72English translation : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 566
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 565
This hadith about three forbidden times gives a detailed report from Uqbah bin Amir. He said there were three times during which the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade them from praying or burying their dead. The first is when the sun clearly starts to rise until it is fully risen. The second is when the sun is directly overhead at noon until it passes the zenith. The third is when the sun is close to setting until it fully sets. This hadith is often searched as three forbidden times for prayer, prayer at noon hadith, and burial forbidden times. The text teaches careful timing in both prayer and burial, based only on the times named in the report.
What we learn from this hadith
- Prayer is forbidden while the sun is rising until it is fully risen.
- Prayer is forbidden at direct noon until the sun passes the zenith.
- Prayer is forbidden when the sun is close to setting until it fully sets.
- The same three times are also mentioned for not burying the dead.
