And its end are the evening and the morning...

And its end are the evening and the morning, and near from the night , and it is the ‘Al-Isha’ Salāt. And Maintain your Salāt(s) and (in particular) the middle Salāt [2:238] . And it is the ‘Al-Zohar Salāt’, and it is the first Salāt which Rasool-Allah -saww prayed, and it is in the middle of the day, and in the middle of the day are two Salāts – The morning Salāt, and the ‘Al-Asr’ Salāt’ (an extract).

From him, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Aban Bin Usman, from Yahya Bin Abu Al A’ala, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘The midday Salāt is the Salāt of the penitent [17:25] ’.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umer, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Abdullah Bin Ata’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Whenever My -asws father -asws had a need to Allah -azwj , he -asws would seek it during this time, meaning the decline of the sun (at midday)’.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Is’haq, from Sa’dan Bin Muslim, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘It was so that whenever my -asws father -asws sought the need, sought it during the decline of the sun (at midday).