the sun reaches its zenith.
2. The present hadith shows that the best time for this prayer is when the forenoon has risen high, the ground heat is intense, and the sun is strong—that is the moment when the young camels’ hooves are singed by the scorching earth.
3. It is called the prayer of al-awwābīn (“those who repeatedly return to Allah”) because they come back and set out for obedience and worship at a time when most people are busy with trade, possessions, and farming, or have turned to rest. The awwābīn, instead, engage in Allah’s remembrance and detach themselves from everything else. Allah alone grants success.