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Sahih al-Bukhari

544

Chapter 9 · Times of the Prayers
Sahih

وَقْتِ الْعَصْرِ

The time of the Asr prayer

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ لَمْ تَخْرُجْ مِنْ حُجْرَتِهَا.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ

Translation

Aishah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Asr prayer while the sun had not yet left her chamber.

Translator’s note: Her chamber means Aishah's chamber: the sunlight was still falling into the room.

Other translations

Deutsch

Aischa berichtete: Der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ pflegte das Nachmittagsgebet zu verrichten, während die Sonne noch nicht aus ihrem Gemach gewichen war.

Translator’s note: Gemeint ist das Gemach Aischas: Das Sonnenlicht fiel noch in den Raum.

Türkçe

Âişe (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Resûlullah ﷺ ikindi namazını, güneş henüz onun odasından çıkmamışken kılardı.

Translator’s note: Kastedilen Âişe'nin odasıdır: Güneş ışığı henüz odaya düşüyordu.

Further routes of narration

وَقَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ مِنْ قَعْرِ حُجْرَتِهَا.

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا، لَمْ يَظْهَرِ الْفَىْءُ مِنْ حُجْرَتِهَا.

    Aishah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the Asr prayer while the sun was (still) in her chamber; the shade had not (yet) appeared in her chamber.

  • كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الْعَصْرِ وَالشَّمْسُ طَالِعَةٌ فِي حُجْرَتِي لَمْ يَظْهَرِ الْفَىْءُ بَعْدُ.

    Aishah reported: The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the Asr prayer while the sun was (still) shining into my chamber; the shade had not yet appeared.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · Medina'Aisha bint Abi Bakr† 57 AH · Medina'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr† 93 AH · MedinaHisham bin 'Urwa† 146 AH · MedinaAbu Damra, Anas bin 'Ayyad† 200 AH · MedinaHammad bin Usamah† 201 AH · KufaIbrahim bin al-Mandhir bin '…† 236 AH · Medinaal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
  • Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)
Chain as a list

Main chain

  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. 'Aisha bint Abi Bakrعَائِشَةَ

    d. 57 AH / 678 CE · 17 Ramadan, Medina · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. 'Urwa ibn al-Zubayrأَبِيهِ

    d. 93 AH / 713 CE · Medina · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Hisham bin 'Urwaهِشَامٍ

    d. 146 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. Abu Damra, Anas bin 'Ayyadأَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ

    d. 200 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  6. Ibrahim bin al-Mandhir bin 'Abdullahإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ

    d. 236 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler

Corroborating narration (mutābaʿa)

Another narrator transmitted the same text as well and corroborates this part of the chain.

  1. Hisham bin 'Urwaهِشَامٍ

    d. 146 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  2. Hammad bin Usamahأَبُو أُسَامَةَ

    d. 201 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation