English Translation

Hadrat Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, he said: Ghundar narrated from Shu'bah. Also Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us, they said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, from Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali (ibn Abi Talib, may Allah ennoble his countenance), who said: When Hajjaj came to Madinah (and began delaying the prayers), we asked Hadrat Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with them both) about the prayer times. He submitted: The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to pray the Zuhr prayer at midday (immediately after the sun's decline), and the Asr prayer when the sun was still clear and bright, and the Maghrib prayer as soon as the sun set, and the Isha prayer he would sometimes delay and sometimes pray early — when he saw that the people had gathered, he would pray early, and when he saw that they were late, he would delay it. And the Fajr prayer, they — or he said: the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) — used to pray it in the pre-dawn darkness.