Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1177
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
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Umar, may God be pleased with him, said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, say: Four rakahs before the noon prayer, after the sun has passed its zenith, are counted as equivalent to the same number in the pre-dawn prayer. There is nothing that does not glorify God at that hour. Then he recited: Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to God while they are humbled. Al-Tirmidhi and al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shuab al-Iman.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
تُحْسَبُ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ فِي صَلَاةِ السَّحَرِ
The phrase صلاة السحر can refer to prayer in the pre-dawn hours; the exact ritual scope is not specified in the Arabic passage.
Should صلاة السحر remain a general reference to prayer in the pre-dawn hours, or is a narrower interpretation supported by an additional source?