Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: The Time of Salah (Prayer) In a Cloudy Day, Windy and One Who Has Performed Salah (Prayer) Without Facing the Direction of Qiblah َّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْ٠ُخْتَارِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ُؤَذِّنٌ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْ٠ْ أَعْرِفِ الْوَقْتَ فَقَالَ إِذَا صَاحَ الدِّيكُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَصْوَاتٍ وِلاَءً فَقَدْ زَالَتِ الشَّ٠ْسُ وَقَدْ دَخَلَ وَقْتُ الصَّلاَةِ.

On a cloudy day I cannot find when time for a Salah (prayer) begins.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When the rooster crows three times consecutively, it is time when the sun has declined toward the west at noontime, thus it is time for Salah (prayer).”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/47))