[22] الصَّلَاتَيْنِ وَ جَاءَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الظُّهْرِ وَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ الْعَتَمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ سَفَرٍ وَ لَا مَرَضٍ وَ جَاءَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَقْتَيْنِ أَوَّلٌ وَ آخِرٌ The two prayers and it was said that the Rasool Allah -saww combined noon and afternoon then sunset and darkness without travel or illness and it came that every prayer has two times first and last, (An extract) [23] APPENDIX: Sal ā t Timings – The timing of Al-Al-Zohr and Al-Al-Asr عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ حَنْظَلَةَ أَتَانَا عَنْكَ بِوَقْتٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذاً لَا يَكْذِبُ عَلَيْنَا قُلْتُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ صَلَاةٍ افْتَرَضَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الظُّهْرُ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ فَإِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ إِلَّا سُبْحَتُكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَزَالُ فِي وَقْتٍ إِلَى أَنْ يَصِيرَ الظِّلُّ قَامَةً وَ هُوَ آخِرُ الْوَقْتِ فَإِذَا صَارَ الظِّلُّ قَامَةً دَخَلَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ فِي وَقْتِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى يَصِيرَ الظِّلُّ قَامَتَيْنِ وَ ذَلِكَ الْمَسَاءُ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Yazeed Bin Khaleefa who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘Umar Bin Hanzala came over to us from you -asws with the timing’. So Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Then, he would not have lied upon us -asws ’.
I said, ‘He mentioned that you -asws said that the first Salāt Allah -azwj Necessitated upon His -azwj Prophet -saww was Al-Al-Zohr, and these are the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [17:78] Establish the Prayer from the declining of the sun . So, when the sun (starts to) decline, then nothing prevents you except for your Optional ( Salāt ). Then you do not cease to be in the timing up to the upright shadow (same length as the upright object), and it is the end of the time.
So when the shadow becomes upright, the time of Al-Al-Asr enters, and you do not cease to be in the time of Al-Al-Asr until the shadow comes to be of two upright statures (in length), and that is the evening’. So, he -asws said: ‘He spoke the truth’.