Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 265-272
Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 265-272
Chapter 37: The virtue of the Subh and the `Asr prayers, and of maintaining them.
Abu Huraira reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and they all assemble at the dawn and afternoon prayers. Those (of the angels) who spend the night among you, then, ascend, and their Lord asks them, though He is the best informed about them: How did you leave My servants? -they say: We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 265)
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and the rest of the hadith is the same. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 266)
Jarir b. Abdullah is reported to have said:
We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he looked at the full moon and observed: You shall see your Lord as you are seeing this moon, and you will not be harmed by seeing Him. So if you can, do not let -yourselves be overpowered in case of prayer observed before the rising of the sun and its setting, i. e. the 'Asr prayer and the morning prayer. Jarir then recited it:" Celebrate the praise of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before Its setting" (xx. 130). (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 267)
So bear patiently (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) what they say, and glorify the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting, and during some hours of the night, and at the ends of the day (an indication for the five compulsory congregational prayers), that you may become pleased (with the reward which Allâh shall give you). (Quran 20:130)
Waki' reported (this hadith) with the same chain of transmitters (that the Holy Prophet) said:
You will be soon presented before your Lord, and you will see Him as you are seeing this moon, and then recited (the above-mentioned verse). But (in this hadith) no mention is made of Jarir. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 268)
'Umara b. Ruwaiba is reported to have said on the authority of his father:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: He who observes prayer before the rising of the sun and its setting, i.e. the dawn prayer and the afternoon prayer, would not enter the (Hell) fire. A person belonging to Basra said to him: Did you yourself hear it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? He said: Yes. The person (from Basra) said: I bear witness that I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ); my ears heard it and my heart retained it. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 269)
Umara b. Ruwaiba reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
He who said prayer before the rising of the sun and its setting would not enter the fire (of Hell), and there was a man from Basra (sitting) beside him who said: Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him)? He said: Yes, I bear witness to it. The man from Basra said: I bear witness that I did hear from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying it from the place that you heard from him. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 270)
Abu Bakr reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
He who observed two prayers at two cool (hours) would enter Paradise. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 271)
This hadith has been narrated by the same chain of transmitters by Hammam, and said about Abu Bakr that he was Ibn Abu Musa. (Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 272)
Sahih Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 265-272