Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of The Times of As-Salat (The Prayers) and Its Superiority
11- بَابُ وَقْتِ الظُّهْرِ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالِ:
(11) Chapter. The time of Zuhr prayer is when the sun declines (just after mid-day).
3 hadith · references 540–542
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Bukhari · 540أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ حِينَ زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ ، فَقَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَذَكَرَ السَّاعَةَ ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّ فِيهَا أُمُورًا عِظَامًا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : مَنْ أَحAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out as the sun declined at midday and offered the Zuhr prayer. He then stood on the pulpit and spoke about the Hour (Day of Judgment) and said that in it there would be tremendous things. He th4 narratorsBukhari · 541كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ ، وَأَحَدُنَا يَعْرِفُ جَلِيسَهُ وَيَقْرَأُ فِيهَا مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى الْمِائَةِ ، وَيُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعَصْرَ Abu Barza said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer the Fajr (prayer) when one could recognize the person sitting by him (after the prayer) and he used to recite between 60 to 100 Ayat (verses) of the Qur'an. He used to offer6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 542كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالظَّهَائِرِ فَسَجَدْنَا عَلَى ثِيَابِنَا اتِّقَاءَ الْحَرِّWhen we offered the Zuhr prayers behind Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) we used to prostrate on our clothes to protect ourselves from the heat.6 narrators