Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: The Time of Morning Salah (Prayer) 5ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ وَقْتُ الْفَجْرِ حِينَ يَنْشَقُّ الْفَجْرُ إِلَى أَنْ يَتَجَلَّلَ الصُّبْحُ السَّ٠َاءَ وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي تَأْخِيرُ ذَلِكَ عَ٠ْداً لَكِنَّهُ وَقْتٌ لِ٠َنْ شُغِلَ أَوْ نَسِيَ أَوْ نَا٠5.

Ali has narrated from his father Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The time for morning Salah (prayer) begins when dawn opens, until morning (with rays) brightens the sky. It is not proper to delay purposely; however, there is time for those who are preoccupied, forget or are sleeping.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/45))