أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرِ بْنِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ مُشَمْرِجِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَائُ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَی أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ فِي دَارِهِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ الظُّهْرِ وَدَارُهُ بِجَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَصَلَّيْتُمْ الْعَصْرَ قُلْنَا لَا إِنَّمَا انْصَرَفْنَا السَّاعَةَ مِنْ الظُّهْرِ قَالَ فَصَلُّوا الْعَصْرَ قَالَ فَقُمْنَا فَصَلَّيْنَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْنَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ تِلْکَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِ جَلَسَ يَرْقُبُ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّی إِذَا کَانَتْ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ الشَّيْطَانِ قَامَ فَنَقَرَ أَرْبَعًا لَا يَذْکُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهَا إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 514
Al-’Ala’ narrated to us that he entered upon Anas bin Malik in his house in Al-Basrah, when he had finished Zuhr, and his house was beside the Masjid. “When we entered upon him, he said: ‘Have you prayed ‘Asr?’ We said: ‘No, we have just finished Zuhr.’ He said: ‘Pray ‘Asr.’ So we got up and prayed, and when we finished he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: “That is the prayer of the hypocrite: he sits and delays ‘Asr prayer until (the sun) is between the horns of the Shai then he gets up and pecks four (Rak’ahs) in which he only remembers Allah a little.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020