The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Tamimi said: I read to Malik, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from al-Qa‘qa‘ ibn Hakim, from Abu Yunus, the freedman of Aisha, that he said: Aisha instructed me to write a codex for her. She said, ‘When you reach this verse, let me know: “Guard the prayers, and the middle prayer.”’ When I reached it, I informed her, and she dictated to me: ‘Guard the prayers, and the middle prayer, and the afternoon prayer; and stand before Allah devoutly.’ Aisha said, ‘I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali informed us: Yahya ibn Adam reported to us: al-Fudayl ibn Marzuq reported to us, from Shafiq ibn Uqbah, from al-Bara ibn Azib, who said: This verse was revealed: ‘Guard the prayers and the afternoon prayer.’ We recited it for as long as Allah willed; then Allah abrogated it, and this was revealed: ‘Guard the prayers and the middle prayer.’ A man sitting with Shafiq said to him, ‘Then it is the afternoon prayer.’ Al-Bara said, ‘I have told you how it was revealed and how Allah abrogated it. Allah knows best.’ Muslim said: Al-Ashja‘i also narrated it from Sufyan al-Thawri, from al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Shafiq ibn Uqbah, from al-Bara ibn Azib, who said: ‘We recited it with the Prophet (ﷺ) for a time,’ with a report like that of al-Fudayl ibn Marzuq.

Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id reported to us: Hatim—Ibn Isma‘il—reported to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Ubayd, from Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray sunset prayer when the sun had set and disappeared behind the veil.