بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
حَافِظُواْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ والصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى وَقُومُواْ لِلّهِ قَانِتِينَ ٢٣٨
Guard strictly the prayers, and the Salātul-Wustā (middle prayer), and stand before Allāh truly devout.
Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:238
Ibn Kathīr said: “Allāh commands that the prayer should be performed correctly and on time.” (Tafsīr of Ibn Kathīr)
Ibn al-Jawzī said: “To preserve and maintain the five daily prayers. The waw (‘and’) indicates virtue of the thing that is specified (i.e. ‘Asr prayer).
The middle (wasat) of something (means) : the best and fairest. It also means the middle, as the ‘Asr prayer is preceeded by the prayers of the day (i.e. Fajr, Dhuhr) and followed by the prayers of the night (i.e. Maghrib,’Ishā).” (Abridged from Zād al-Masīr 2/292-293)
The proof that the ‘Asr prayer is al-Salātul-Wustā:
- The Prophet (ﷺ)said: “The middle prayer (Salātul-Wustā) is the ‘Asr prayer”. (Al-Tirmidhī 182. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
- The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “They (the disbelievers) busied us from offering the middle prayer (Salātul-Wustā) the ‘Asr prayer”. (Sahīh Muslim 628)
Abū Al-Malīh narrated: We were with Buraidah in a battle on a cloudy day and he said, “Offer the ‘Asr prayer early as the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever leaves the ‘Asr prayer (intentionally), all his (good) deeds will be nullified.”
عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ بُرَيْدَةَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي غَيْمٍ فَقَالَ بَكِّرُوا بِصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلاَةَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ ”.
(Sahīh Bukhārī 553)
Abū Hurairah narrated: Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Angels come to you in succession by night and day and they gather at the time of the Fajr and ‘Asr prayers. Those who have spent the night with you ascend (to the heavens) and Allāh asks them – though He knows best about them – “In what state did you leave my slaves?” The angels reply: “When we left them they were praying and when we came to them, they were praying.”
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ، وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ، ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ، فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهْوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ ”.
(Sahīh Bukhārī 555)
Ibn ‘Umar narrated: Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Whoever misses the ‘Asr prayer (intentionally) then it is as if he lost his family and wealth. “
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ الَّذِي تَفُوتُهُ صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ كَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ ”.
(Sahīh Bukhārī 552)
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Mūsā narrated: My father said, “Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Whoever prays the two cool prayers (‘Asr and Fajr) will enter Paradise.”
عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ مَنْ صَلَّى الْبَرْدَيْنِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ ”
(Sahīh Bukhārī 574)
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