Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي وَقْتِ صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ
Chapter: The Time For Zurh Prayer.
5 hadith · references 399–403
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Abu Dawud · 399كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَآخُذُ قَبْضَةً مِنَ الْحَصَى لِتَبْرُدَ فِي كَفِّي أَضَعُهَا لِجَبْهَتِي أَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهَا لِشِدَّةِ الْحَرِّNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: I would offer my noon prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and took a handful of gravels so that they might become cold in my hand and I placed them (before me) so that I may put my forehead 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 400كَانَتْ قَدْرُ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الصَّيْفِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَقْدَامٍ إِلَى خَمْسَةِ أَقْدَامٍ ، وَفِي الشِّتَاءِ خَمْسَةَ أَقْدَامٍ إِلَى سَبْعَةِ أَقْدَامٍNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The extent of the shadow when the Messenger of Allah prayed (the noon prayer) was three to five feet in summer and five to seven feet in winter.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 401إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ ، فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِAbu Dharr said: We were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ. The muadhdhin intended to call for the Zuhr prayer. He said: Make it cooler. He then intended to call for prayer. He said twice or thrice: Make it cooler. We then 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 402إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ ، فَأَبْرِدُوا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes fairly cool, for the violent heat comes from the bubbling over the Hell.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 403أَنَّ بِلَالًا كَانَ يُؤَذِّنُ الظُّهْرَ إِذَا دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُJabir bin Samurah reported that Bilal used to call for the noon prayer when the sun had declined.4 narrators