Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 182
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَحَفْصَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدِيثُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ . وَقَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سَمُرَةَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ الْعُلَمَاءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ . وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَعَائِشَةُ صَلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلاَةُ الظُّهْرِ . وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنُ عُمَرَ صَلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلاَةُ الصُّبْحِ . حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا قُرَيْشُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ سَلِ الْحَسَنَ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ حَدِيثَ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ قُرَيْشِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ . قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَسَمَاعُ الْحَسَنِ مِنْ سَمُرَةَ صَحِيحٌ . وَاحْتَجَّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannād narrated to us: ʿAbdah narrated to us, from Saʿīd, from Qatādah, from al-Ḥasan, from Samurah ibn Jundub, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “The middle prayer is the ʿAṣr prayer.” There are also reports on this topic from ʿAlī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, Zayd ibn Thābit, ʿĀʾishah, Ḥafṣah, Abū Hurayrah, and Abū Hāshim ibn ʿUtbah. Abū ʿĪsā said: Muḥammad said that ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh [ibn al-Madīnī] considered al-Ḥasan’s hadith from Samurah ṣaḥīḥ, and said that he heard directly from him. Abū ʿĪsā said: The hadith of Samurah about the middle prayer is hasan sahih. This is the view of most scholars among the Prophet’s Companions and others. Zayd ibn Thābit and ʿĀʾishah said the middle prayer is Ẓuhr. Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿUmar said it is Ṣubḥ [Fajr]. Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us: Quraysh ibn Anas narrated to us, from Ḥabīb ibn al-Shahīd, who said: Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn told me, “Ask al-Ḥasan whom he heard the ʿaqīqah hadith from.” I asked him, and he said, “I heard it from Samurah ibn Jundub.” Abū ʿĪsā said: Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl informed me: ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Madīnī narrated to us this hadith from Quraysh ibn Anas. Muḥammad said: ʿAlī said that al-Ḥasan’s hearing from Samurah is established, and he cited this hadith as evidence.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ الْعُلَمَاءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ .
The compiler records that most scholars identified the middle prayer as ʿAṣr, while naming Zayd ibn Thābit and ʿĀʾishah for Ẓuhr and Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿUmar for Fajr.
No decision requested; the competing identifications and attributions are retained.