Sahih al-Bukhari 599

Hadith text

Narrated Abu-l-Minhal:My father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to offer the compulsory congregational prayers." He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer, which you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time when one of US could go to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet (ﷺ) preferred to pray the `Isha' late and disliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning prayer at such a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the Prophet) used to recite 60 to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it

Abu Al-Minhal bataate hain: "Main aur mere waalid Abi Barza Al-Aslami ke paas gaye, mere waalid ne unse kaha: 'Humein bataiye Allah ke Rasool paanch farz jamaat namazein kaise padhte the.' Unhone kaha: 'Aap Zuhr, jise tum pehli namaz kehte ho, dopahar mein suraj dhalte hi padhte. Asr aise waqt padhte ke koi shaks Madina ke door-tareen ghar tak jaakar aa sakta jabke dhoop abhi tez hoti (rawi ko Maghrib ke baare mein yaad nahi). Nabi Isha ko taalna pasand karte aur usse pehle sona ya baad mein baat karna napasand karte. Aap Fajr ke baad tab jaate jab log ek-doosre ko pehchaan sakte, aur usme 60 se 100 ayaat tilawat karte.'"

Sahih al-Bukhari 599 · Book 9, Hadith 74