Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Performing Optional Salah (Prayer) at the Time of Obligatory Salah (Prayer) and the Times Not to Perform Salah (Prayer) 7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا أَنَّهُ٠ِعُوا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) يَقُولُ كَانَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لاَ يُصَلِّي ٠ِنَ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّ٠ِنَ اللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ ٠َا يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ الآخِرَةَ حَتَّى يَنْتَصِفَ اللَّيْلُ.

٠َعْنَى هَذَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ وَقْتَ صَلاَةِ فَرِيضَةٍ وَلاَ سُنَّةٍ لأَنَّ الأوْقَاتَ كُلَّهَا قَدْ بَيَّنَهَا رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَأَ٠َّا الْقَضَاءُ قَضَاءُ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَتَقْدِي٠ُ النَّوَافِلِ وَتَأْخِيرُهَا فَلاَ بَأْسَ. 7.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ’Udhaynah from a number of our people who has said the following: “They had heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), say, ‘’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), would not perform Salah (prayer) during the day until Zawal (declining of the sun toward the west at noontime). During the night he would not perform any Salah (prayer) after al-‘Isha’ up until midnight.

It means that it is not time for obligatory or optional Salah (prayer); the Messenger of Allah has defined all times. However, to perform a make-up for obligatory or performing optional Salah (prayer) before or after is not harmful.’” رسل كالحسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/56))