Abū Bakr Muhammad (1) ibn Ahmad ibn Bālawayh, who said: Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to us, saying: Qutayba ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, saying: al-Layth ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Habīb, from Abū al-Tufayl, from Muʿādh ibn Jabal, that during the expedition to Tabūk, if the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, set out before the sun passed its zenith, he would delay Dhuhr so as to combine it with ‘Asr, praying both together. If he set out after the sun passed its zenith, he would pray Dhuhr and ‘Asr together, then proceed. If he set out before Maghrib, he would delay Maghrib until he prayed it with ‘Ishā’. If he set out after Maghrib, he would bring ‘Ishā’ forward and pray it with Maghrib.”

Al-Hākim said (2): “The narrators of this hadith are trustworthy authorities, yet its chain of transmission and its text are anomalous. Nevertheless, we know of no defect on account of which we could declare it defective (3). If al-Layth (4) had transmitted this hadith from Abū al-Zubayr, from Abū al-Tufayl, we would have regarded that as a defect in the hadith. And if Yazīd ibn Abī Habīb had transmitted it