أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرٌ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَی عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ صَلِّ مَعِي فَصَلَّی الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَاغَتْ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعَصْرَ حِينَ کَانَ فَيْئُ کُلِّ شَيْئٍ مِثْلَهُ وَالْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ غَابَتْ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَائَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّی الظُّهْرَ حِينَ کَانَ فَيْئُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَهُ وَالْعَصْرَ حِينَ کَانَ فَيْئُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِثْلَيْهِ وَالْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ کَانَ قُبَيْلَ غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّفَقِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الْعِشَائِ أُرَی إِلَی ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 507
It was narrated that Jabir said: “A man asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم about the times of prayer. He said: ‘Pray with me.’ So he prayed Zuhr when the sun had passed its zenith, ‘Asr when the shadow of a thing was equal to its height, Maghrib when the sun had set and ‘Isha’ when the twilight had disappeared.” He said: “Then he prayed Zuhr when the shadow of a man was equal in length to his height, ‘Asr when the length of a man’s shadow was twice his height, and Maghrib just before the twilight disappeared.” (One of the narrators) ‘Abdullah bin Al-Harith said: “Then he said: ‘With regard to ‘Isha’ I think it is up to one-third of the night.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020