Hadith · Muwatta Malik

Hadith 8

The Times of Prayer

Muwatta Malik · 8 Grade: Mauquf Daif (Salim al-Hilali)

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ،

كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ أَنْ صَلِّ الْعَصْرَ، وَالشَّمْسُ، بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ ثَلاَثَةَ وَأَنْ صَلِّ الْعِشَاءَ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنْ أَخَّرْتَ فَإِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَلاَ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ .

Rare words (gharib) (2)
فَرَاسِخَ
جمع فرسخ ، والفرسخ : ثلاثة أميال ، والميل ستة آلاف ذراع . (صحيح مسلم بشرح النووى 14 / 165)
شطر
الشطر : النصف . (النهاية شطر)

Brief explanation

To be added, God willing

Benefits

To be added, God willing

English translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to Abu Musa al-Ashari that he should pray asr when the sun was still pure white so that a man could ride three farsakhs (before maghrib) and that he should pray Isha during the first third of the night, or, if he delayed it, then up until the middle of the night, and he warned him not to be forgetful

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