135 – Abu Saʿīd al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘No prayer after dawn until the sun has risen, and no prayer after the afternoon until the sun has set.’” Agreed upon.

In Muslim’s wording: “No prayer after the dawn prayer.” (1)

Muslim also reports from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir: “There are three hours during which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to pray or to bury our dead: when the sun first rises until it ascends, when it stands motionless at noon until it declines, and when it inclines toward setting.” (2)

A second ruling cited by al-Shāfiʿī is transmitted from Abu Hurayrah with a weak chain and adds: “except on Friday.” (3) Abu Dāwūd likewise records a similar report from Abu Qatadah. (4)

Grading of the reports:
The additional phrase recorded by al-Shāfiʿī and the one recorded by Abu Dāwūd are both weak. Al-Shāfiʿī’s chain contains Ibrāhīm ibn Yahyā and Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Furwah, both of whom are weak transmitters. Abu Ḥātim said: Ibrāhīm