Hadith 44

‘Kitab Al Gharaat’ of Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Yahya Bin Salih, from Malik Bin Khalid, from Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan, from Abaya who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws wrote to Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr: ‘Look out for time of the Salat and pray it at its timings, and do not be hasty with it before it to be free, nor delay from it for any pre-occupation. A man had come to Rasool-Allah-saww and asked him-saww about times of the Salat. He-saww said: ‘Jibraeel-as came to me-saww and showed me-saww times of the Salat. Pray Al-Zohr when the sun declines (midday), then pray Al-Asr, and it is pure white, then pray Al-Maghrib Salat when the sun disappears, then pray Al-Isha when the twilight disappears, then pray the morning and be at the twilight with it while the stars are intertwined’. The Prophet-saww used to pray like that before you. If you are capable, and there is no strength except with Allah-azwj, to adhere to the well-known Sunnah and travel the clear path which they had taken with, then do so, perhaps you will proceed to them tomorrow’. Then he (Jibraeel-as) said: ‘And know, O Muhammad-saww! All things follow your-saww Salat, and know that the one who wastes the Salat, he is more wasting of other (deeds)’’. [47]