Muwatta Malik
Book 1, Hadith 12
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا أَدْرَكْتُ النَّاسَ إِلاَّ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ الظُّهْرَ بِعَشِيٍّ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahmanthat al Qasim ibn Muhammad said, "None of the companions that I metprayed dhuhr until well after noon,"(i.e.until when the sun had lostits fierceness).