Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 164
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَالصُّنَابِحِيِّ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَرَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ وَعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . وَحَدِيثُ الْعَبَّاسِ قَدْ رُوِيَ مَوْقُوفًا عَنْهُ وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ . وَالصُّنَابِحِيُّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ صَاحِبُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ اخْتَارُوا تَعْجِيلَ صَلاَةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَكَرِهُوا تَأْخِيرَهَا حَتَّى قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لَيْسَ لِصَلاَةِ الْمَغْرِبِ إِلاَّ وَقْتٌ وَاحِدٌ وَذَهَبُوا إِلَى حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَيْثُ صَلَّى بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: Ḥātim ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd, from Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray Maghrib when the sun had set and disappeared behind the veil [of the horizon]. There are also reports on this topic from Jābir, al-Ṣunābiḥī, Zayd ibn Khālid, Anas, Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, Abū Ayyūb, Umm Ḥabībah, al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, and Ibn ʿAbbās. The report of al-ʿAbbās has also been narrated as his own statement, and that version is more authentic. Al-Ṣunābiḥī did not hear from the Prophet (ﷺ); he was a Companion of Abū Bakr. Abū ʿĪsā said: The hadith of Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ is hasan sahih. Most scholars among the Prophet’s Companions and the Successors who came after them preferred praying Maghrib early and disliked delaying it. Some scholars even said that Maghrib has only one time, citing the report about the Prophet (ﷺ) being led in prayer by Jibrīl. Ibn al-Mubārak and al-Shāfiʿī held this view.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَالصُّنَابِحِيِّ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَرَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ وَأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ وَعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ .
The compiler distinguishes the report from al-ʿAbbās as more authentic when transmitted as his own statement, and says al-Ṣunābiḥī did not hear directly from the Prophet.
No decision requested; the transmission-status details are preserved as attributed.