and grant him peace—said: “O Allah, Your servant ‘Alī has devoted himself to attending to his Prophet, so restore its light to the sun.” Asmā’ said: The sun rose until its light fell upon the mountains and the earth. ‘Alī then stood up, performed ablution and prayed ‘Asr. This occurred at al-Sahbā’ during the expedition to Khaybar.’

He said: Among them was Ahmad ibn Sālih al-Misrī, who narrated it from Ibn Abī Fudayk. Abū Ja‘far al-Tahāwī related it through him in his own work, Tafsīr Mutashābih al-Akhbār (Explanation of Ambiguous Reports).

Among them was also al-Hasan ibn Dāwūd, who narrated it from Ibn Abī Fudayk. He cited it with his chain of transmission, with the following wording:

‘The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—performed the Zuhr prayer at al-Sahbā’, in the territory of Khaybar, then sent ‘Alī on an errand. He returned after the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had performed the ‘Asr prayer. The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then rested his head in ‘Alī’s lap, and it remained unmoved until the sun had set. He awoke and said: “O ‘Alī, have you prayed ‘Asr?” He replied: “No.”’ He then related the report.

He said: Fātimah bint al-Husayn, the martyr, narrates it from Asmā’.

He also related it through Abū Ja‘far al-Hadramī: Muhammad ibn Marzūq narrated to us; Husayn al-Ashqar narrated to us; Fudayl ibn Marzūq narrated to us, from Ibrāhīm ibn al-Hasan, from Fātimah, from Asmā’ bint ‘Umays, who said:

‘Gabriel descended to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—after he had performed the ‘Asr prayer. He then rested his head—or his cheek; I do not know which of the two he said—in ‘Alī’s lap, and he did not perform the ‘Asr prayer until the sun had set.’ He then related the report.”

The author said: “A number of narrators related it from Fudayl ibn Marzūq, including ‘Ubayd Allāh