Our evidence is what was narrated from ʿAlī, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said on the Day of the Confederates: They distracted us from the middle prayer, the ʿAṣr prayer; may God fill their houses and graves with fire. It is agreed upon. From Ibn Masʿūd, he said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said: The middle prayer is the ʿAṣr prayer. From Samura, the like of it. Al-Tirmidhī said regarding each of them: This is a Hasan (good) Sahih (authentic) hadith. This is an explicit text (naṣṣ) with which it is not permissible to deviate toward anything that contradicts it, and because the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said: He who misses the ʿAṣr prayer, it is as if he were bereaved of his family and wealth. It is agreed upon, and he said: Whoever misses the ʿAṣr prayer
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- (22) Reported by al-Bukhārī, in: Chapter on Invoking Defeat and Tremors upon the Polytheists, from the Book of Jihad; in: Chapter on the Battle of the Trench, from the Book of Military Expeditions; in: Chapter on {Guard strictly your prayers, especially the middle prayer} in the Exegesis of Sūrat al-Baqarah, from the Book of Tafsīr; and in: Chapter on Invoking against the Polytheists, from the Book of Supplications. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4/52, 141, 6/37, 8/105. And by Muslim, in: Chapter on the Severity of Missing the ʿAṣr Prayer, and Chapter on the Evidence for Those Who Say the Middle Prayer is the ʿAṣr Prayer, from the Book of Mosques. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1/436, 437. It was also reported by Abū Dāwūd, in: Chapter on the Time of the ʿAṣr Prayer, from the Book of Prayer 1/97. Al-Tirmidhī, in: Chapter on what Ḥannād narrated to us, what ʿAbdah narrated to us from Saʿīd, in the Exegesis of Sūrat al-Baqarah, from the Chapters of Tafsīr. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 11/106. Al-Nasāʾī, in: Chapter on Maintaining the ʿAṣr Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. al-Mujtabā 1/190. Ibn Mājah, in: Chapter on Maintaining the ʿAṣr Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Ibn Mājah 1/224. Al-Dārimī, in: Chapter on the Middle Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Dārimī 1/280. And Imām Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 1/79, 81, 113, 122, 146, 135, 137, 144, 146, 150-154.
- (23) Reported by al-Tirmidhī, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding the Middle Prayer being the ʿAṣr, from the Chapters of Times, and in: Chapter on what Maḥmūd ibn Ghaylān narrated to us, in the Exegesis of Sūrat al-Baqarah, from the Book of Tafsīr. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 1/294, 11/106.
- (24) Al-Tirmidhī also reported the hadith of Samurah ibn Jundub, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding the Middle Prayer being the ʿAṣr, from the Chapters of Times. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 1/294. It was also reported by Imām Aḥmad, in: al-Musnad 5/12, 13, 22.
- (25) Omitted from the original.
- (26) He likened the loss of reward to the loss of family and wealth. Al-Miṣbāḥ al-Munīr.
- (27) Reported by al-Bukhārī, in: Chapter on the Sin of One Who Misses the ʿAṣr, from the Book of Times, and in: Chapter on the Signs of Prophethood in Islam, from the Book of Virtues. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1/145, 4/241. And by Muslim, in: Chapter on the Severity of Missing the ʿAṣr Prayer, from the Book of Mosques, and in: Chapter on the Descent of Tribulations like the Falling of Rain, from the Book of Tribulations. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1/435, 436, 4/2212. It was also reported by Abū Dāwūd, in: Chapter on the Time of the ʿAṣr Prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1/98. Al-Tirmidhī, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding forgetfulness of the time of the ʿAṣr prayer, from the Chapters of Prayer. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 1/286. Al-Nasāʾī, in: Chapter on the ʿAṣr Prayer while Traveling, from the Book of Prayer, and in: Chapter on =
