Hadith 177

ving said: ‘Ali-asws would not pray Salat from the night anything when he-asws had prays Al-Atma (Al-Isha) until midnight, nor did he-asws pray Salat from the day until the sun declined (midday)’’. And it is reported by Al-Sadouq in (the book) ‘Al-Faqeeh’ – ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww would not pray anything at daytime until the sun declined (midday). When it had declined, he-saww would pray eight Cycles, and it is Salat of the penitent ones. Doors of the sky are opened during that time and the supplication is recommended, and the winds come down, and Allah-azwj Looks at His-azwj creatures. When the shadow was to be a cubit, he-saww prayed Al-Zohr four Cycles, and prayed two Cycles after Al-Zohr, then prayed another two Cycles, then prayed Al-Asr four Cycles when the shadow is a cubit, then he-saww did not pray Salat anything after Al-Asr until the sun had set. When it sets, and it has disappeared, he-saww prayed Al-Maghrib Salat three Cycles, and four after Al-Maghrib until the twilight had fallen. When the twilight fell, he-saww prayed Al-Isha. The Rasool-Allah-saww sheltered to his-saww bed and did not pray anything until midnight had declines. When midnight had declined/fallen, he-saww prayed eight Cycles and Salat Al-Witr in the last quarter from the night with three Cycles. He-saww recited in these, Opening of the Book (Surah Al Fatiha), and (Surah) Al-Tawheed, and he-saww kept a gap between the three with performing Salaams, and he-saww spoke, and he-saww instructed with the need. And he-saww did not go out from his prayer mat until he-saww had pray the three which he-saww has prayed Salat Al-Witr in it, and he-saww performed Qunout before the Ruk’u. Then he-saww performed Salaam and pray two Cycles Salat Al-Fajr, before Al-Fajr, and during it and after it. Then he-saww prayed two Cycles of the morning Salat, and it is Al-Fajr when the dawn spreads and illuminates goodly. So this is the Salat of Rasool-Allah-saww which Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Recalled him‑saww, upon it’’. It is reported in (the book) ‘Al-Faqeeh’, by his chain from Umar Bin Al-Hanzala, he asked Abu Abdullah-asws. He said to him-asws: ‘Decline of the sun (midday), we recognise it, but how can it be for us with (recognising) the night? ’ He-asws said: ‘For the night there is decline like decline of the sun’. He said, ‘By which thing can we recognise it? ’ He-asws said: ‘By the stars when they decline’’. And it is reported by Muhammad Bin Idrees in end of (the book) ‘Al-Saraair’, copying from the book of Muhammad Bin Mahboub, from Al-Husayn Bin Ahmad Al-Qarwy, from Aban, from Abu Baseer, from Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Going down of the sun is its decline, and dusk of the night is at the status of the decline from the day’’. And Al-Shaheed said in (the book) ‘Al-Zikra’, ‘It is reported by Muhammad Bin Muslim, from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘It was so, whenever Rasool-Allah-saww prayed Al-Isha the last, he-saww sheltered to his-saww bed, then he-saww did not pray anything except after midnight’’.