I said to Abu 'Amr: "So when is the time for 'Asr?" He said: "The mu'adhdhin of 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz would call the adhan for 'Asr when the tenth hour began, then he would command the prayer to be performed." Abu 'Amr then said: "That is when three hours remain of the day, which is the final quarter of the day."

1303 - Muhammad ibn al-Wazir narrated to us, al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: Malik informed me, from Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, from 'Abd Allah ibn Rafi'—the freed slave of Umm Salamah—from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "Pray 'Asr when your shadow (1) is your size plus an additional three feet, until your shadow is twice your size."

1304 - Muhammad ibn al-Wazir narrated to us, saying: al-Walid narrated to us, saying: 'Ali ibn Hawshab informed me that he heard Makhul say: "Pray 'Asr when your shadow is your size plus an additional three feet, until your shadow is twice your size."

1305 - Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Munir (2) narrated to us, saying: al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn al-Aswad al-Kufi narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Adam ibn Mubarak (3) narrated to us, from Sufyan, who said: "The minimum at which the sun declines is one foot, and the maximum at which it declines is nine feet."