Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: The Time for Friday and ‘Asr Salah (prayer) َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ وَقْتُ الظُّهْرِ يَوْ٠ُعَةِ حِينَ تَزُولُ الشَّ٠1.

Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Rib‘i and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah all who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The time of al-Dhuhr on Friday begins at Zawal (declining of the sun toward the west at noontime).”