\nNarrated Abu-l-Minhal:\n \n\nMy father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nused to offer the compulsory congregational prayers." He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer, \nwhich you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time when one of US could \ngo to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what \nAbu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet (ﷺ) preferred to pray the `Isha' late and \ndisliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning prayer at \nsuch a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the \nProphet) used to recite 60 to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it."\n

\nNarrated Abu-l-Minhal:\n \n\nMy father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) \nused to offer the compulsory congregational prayers." He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer, \nwhich you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time when one of US could \ngo to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what \nAbu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet (ﷺ) preferred to pray the `Isha' late and \ndisliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning prayer at \nsuch a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the \nProphet) used to recite 60 to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Qur'an in it."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمِنْهَالِ، قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ أَبِي إِلَى أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي حَدِّثْنَا كَيْفَ، كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ قَالَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي الْهَجِيرَ وَهْىَ الَّتِي تَدْعُونَهَا الأُولَى حِينَ تَدْحَضُ الشَّمْسُ، وَيُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فِي أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَالشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ، وَنَسِيتُ مَا قَالَ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ الْعِشَاءَ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ النَّوْمَ قَبْلَهَا وَالْحَدِيثَ بَعْدَهَا، وَكَانَ يَنْفَتِلُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْغَدَاةِ حِينَ يَعْرِفُ أَحَدُنَا جَلِيسَهُ، وَيَقْرَأُ مِنَ السِّتِّينَ إِلَى الْمِائَةِ‏.‏