Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-Din - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (53)

THE BOOK OF PRAYER1
[THE CONDITIONS OF PRAYER]

It has already been stated that ritual purity is one of its conditions.

54—Another of its conditions is that the prescribed time has begun.

55—The basis for this is the hadith of Gabriel: he led the Prophet ﷺ in prayer at the beginning and at the end of its prescribed time, and said, “O Muhammad, the time for prayer is between these two times.” Narrated by Ahmad, al-Nasāʾī, and al-Tirmidhī.2

56—ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr—may Allah be pleased with them both—reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “The time for Dhuhr begins when the sun has passed its zenith and a man’s shadow is equal to his height, and lasts until the time for ʿAsr arrives. The time for ʿAsr lasts until the sun turns yellow. The time for Maghrib lasts until the twilight disappears. The time for ʿIshāʾ lasts until midnight,

1. The Shaykh explained that whoever denies the obligatory nature of prayer, or abandons it out of negligence and laziness, is judged to be a disbeliever and is subject to the rulings applicable to apostates. *Nūr al-Basā'ir*, p. 15. 2. Narrated by Ahmad, 1/333; Abū Dāwūd, no. 393; al-Tirmidhī, no. 149, who graded it authentic; Ibn Khuzayma, no. 325; and al-Dāraqutnī, pp. 6–9.

كِتَابُ الصَّلاةِ١ [شُرُوطُ اَلصَّلَاةِ] تَقَدَّمَ أَنَّ اَلطَّهَارَةَ مِنْ شُرُوطِهَا: ٥٤- وَمِنْ شُرُوطِهَا: دُخُولُ اَلْوَقْتِ. ٥٥- وَالْأَصْلُ فِيهِ حَدِيثُ جِبْرِيلَ: أَنَّهُ أَمَّ النبيَّ ﷺ فِي أَوَّلِ اَلْوَقْتِ، وَآخِرِهِ، وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، الصَّلاةُ مَا بينَ هَذَينِ الوَقْتَينِ رواه أحمد والنسائي والترمذي٢. ٥٦- وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِوٍ ﵄ أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: "وَقْتُ الظُّهْرِ، إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَكَانَ ظِلُّ الرَّجُلِ كَطُولِهِ، مَا لَمْ تَحْضر العَصْر، وَوَقْتُ العَصْرِ، مَا لَمْ تَصْفَّر الشَّمْسُ، وَوَقْتُ صَلاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ، مَا لَمْ يَغِبِ الشَّفَقُ، وَوَقْتُ صَلاةِ العِشَاءِ، إِلى نِصْفِ اللَّيلِ،

١ بيَّن الشيخ: أن من جحد وجوب الصلاة، أو تركها تهاونا وكسلا حُكِمَ بكفره، وجرى عليه ما جرى على المرتدين. "نور البصائر، ص: ١٥". ٢ رواه أحمد "٣٣٣/١"، وأبو داود "٣٩٣"، والترمذي "١٤٩" وصححه، وابن خزيمة "٣٢٥"، والدارقطني "٦-٩".