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6 November 2026 26 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 1115

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Hadith 1115
عَنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم يَقُول: " أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ بَعْدَ الزَّوَالِ تُحْسَبُ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ فِي صَلَاةِ السَّحَرِ. وَمَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: (يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالشَّمَائِلِ سُجَّدًا لَهُ وهم داخرون)
رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَالْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي شعب الْإِيمَان
‘Umar said that he heard God’s Messenger say, “Four rak'as before the noon prayer after the sun has passed tne meridian are reckoned equivalent to a similar number at the dawn prayer.1 There is nothing which does not glorify God at that hour.” Then he recited, “Their shadows turn round from the right and the left prostrating themselves to God, and they are abject.”2

1. This is the literal translation, but commentators usually explain it as referring to night prayers at some time between midnight and dawn.
2. Al-Qur’an; 16:48

Tirmidhi and Baihaqi, in Shu'ab al- iman, transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 1115

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Hadith 1114
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «إدبار النُّجُوم الركعتان قبل الْفجْر وأدبار السُّجُود الركعتان بعد الْمغرب» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When the stars set two rak'as should be prayed before the dawn prayer, and after the prostration two rak'as should be prayed after the sunset prayer.”

Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith 1116
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ عِنْدِي قطّ
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ قَالَتْ: وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِهِ مَا تَركهمَا حَتَّى لَقِي الله
‘A’isha said that God’s Messenger never omitted to pray two rak'as after the afternoon prayer in her house.

(Bukhari and Muslim.) In a version by Bukhari she said, “By Him who took him away, he did not omit them till he met God.”
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Hadith 1113
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَاءَ قَطُّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا صلى أَربع رَكْعَات أَو سِتّ رَكْعَات. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
She said that God’s Messenger never came into her house after praying the evening prayer without praying four or six rak'as.

Abu Dawud transmitted it.