Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers

باب مَنْ رَخَّصَ فِيهِمَا إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةً

Chapter: Those Who Allowed These Two Rak’ahs To Be Prayed If The Sun Is Still High.

7 hadith · references 1274–1280

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Abu Dawud · 1274نَهَى عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Prophet ﷺ prohibited to offer prayer after the afternoon prayer except at the time when the sun is high up in the sky.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1275كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فِي إِثْرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْفَجْرَ وَالْعَصْرَNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would offer two rak'ahs after every obligatory prayer except the dawn and the Asr prayer.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1276لَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ ، وَلَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Some reliable people testified before me, and among them was Umar ibn al-Khattab, and most reliable in my eyes was Umar: The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: There is no prayer after the dawn prayer 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1277جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ فَصَلِّ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَكْتُوبَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الصُّبْحَ ، ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فَتَرْتَفِعَ قِيسَ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ Narrated Amr ibn Anbasah as-Sulami: I asked: Messenger of Allah, in which part of night the supplication is more likely to be accepted? He replied: In the last part: Pray as much as you like, for the prayer is attended b6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1278لِيُبَلِّغْ شَاهِدُكُمْ غَائِبَكُمْ لَا تُصَلُّوا بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ إِلَّا سَجْدَتَيْنِNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Yasar, the client of Ibn Umar, said: Ibn Umar saw me praying after the break of dawn. He said: O Yasar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us while we were offering this prayer. He (the Prophet)7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1279مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِAl-Aswad and Masruq said: We bear witness that Aishah said: Not a day passed but the Prophet ﷺ prayed two rak'ahs after the Asr prayer6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1280كَانَ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ، وَيَنْهَى عَنْهَا ، وَيُوَاصِلُ وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Dhakwan, the client of Aishah, reported on the authority of Aishah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray after the afternoon prayer but prohibited others from it; and he would fast contin7 narrators