\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik, from his uncle Abu Suhayl from\nhis father that Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to Abu Musa saying that he\nshould pray dhuhr when the sun had started to decline, asr when the\nsun was still pure white before any yellowness had entered it maghrib\nwhen the sun had set, and to delay isha as long as he did not sleep,\nand to pray subh when the stars were all visible and like a haze in\nthe sky and to read in it two long suras from the mufassal.\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik, from his uncle Abu Suhayl from\nhis father that Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to Abu Musa saying that he\nshould pray dhuhr when the sun had started to decline, asr when the\nsun was still pure white before any yellowness had entered it maghrib\nwhen the sun had set, and to delay isha as long as he did not sleep,\nand to pray subh when the stars were all visible and like a haze in\nthe sky and to read in it two long suras from the mufassal.\n\n

\nوَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى أَنْ صَلِّ الظُّهْرَ، إِذَا زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعَصْرَ وَالشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءُ نَقِيَّةٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا صُفْرَةٌ وَالْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَأَخِّرِ الْعِشَاءَ مَا لَمْ تَنَمْ وَصَلِّ الصُّبْحَ وَالنُّجُومُ بَادِيَةٌ مُشْتَبِكَةٌ وَاقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِسُورَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ ‏.‏