Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 184
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ إِنَّمَا صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ لأَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ مَالٌ فَشَغَلَهُ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَصَلاَّهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَعُدْ لَهُمَا . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَمَيْمُونَةَ وَأَبِي مُوسَى . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ . وَهَذَا خِلاَفُ مَا رُوِيَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ " . وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَصَحُّ حَيْثُ قَالَ لَمْ يَعُدْ لَهُمَا . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ نَحْوُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ رِوَايَاتٌ رُوِيَ عَنْهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلاَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَرُوِيَ عَنْهَا عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ . وَالَّذِي اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى كَرَاهِيَةِ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ إِلاَّ مَا اسْتُثْنِيَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مِثْلُ الصَّلاَةِ بِمَكَّةَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ بَعْدَ الطَّوَافِ فَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رُخْصَةٌ فِي ذَلِكَ . وَقَدْ قَالَ بِهِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَقَدْ كَرِهَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمُ الصَّلاَةَ بِمَكَّةَ أَيْضًا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَبَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَمَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَبَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: Jarīr narrated to us, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed the two rakʿahs after ʿAṣr only because some wealth came to him and distracted him from the two rakʿahs after Ẓuhr, so he prayed them after ʿAṣr; then he did not do so again. There are also reports on this topic from ʿĀʾishah, Umm Salamah, Maymūnah, and Abū Mūsā. Abū ʿĪsā said: The hadith of Ibn ʿAbbās is hasan. More than one person has narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed two rakʿahs after ʿAṣr, contrary to reports that he prohibited prayer after ʿAṣr until sunset. The report of Ibn ʿAbbās is more authentic because it says that he did not repeat them. A similar report has been narrated from Zayd ibn Thābit. There are several reports from ʿĀʾishah on this topic: it is narrated from her that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) came to her after ʿAṣr, he prayed two rakʿahs; it is also narrated from her, from Umm Salamah, from the Prophet (ﷺ), that he prohibited prayer after ʿAṣr until sunset and after Fajr until sunrise. Most scholars agreed that prayer is disliked after ʿAṣr until sunset and after Fajr until sunrise, except for what is specifically exempted, such as prayer in Makkah after ʿAṣr until sunset and after Fajr until sunrise following circumambulation of the Kaʿbah. A concession for this has been reported from the Prophet (ﷺ). Some scholars among the Prophet’s Companions and those after them held this view, as did al-Shāfiʿī, Aḥmad, and Isḥāq. Other scholars among the Companions and those after them also disliked prayer in Makkah after ʿAṣr and after Fajr. This was the view of Sufyān al-Thawrī, Mālik ibn Anas, and some scholars of Kūfah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ .
The compiler juxtaposes a report of two post-ʿAṣr rakʿahs with a general prohibition, and prefers the Ibn ʿAbbās account because it describes a one-time make-up of the missed post-Ẓuhr prayer.
No decision requested; the report’s specific circumstance and the compiler’s preference are preserved.
وَالَّذِي اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى كَرَاهِيَةِ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ إِلاَّ مَا اسْتُثْنِيَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مِثْلُ الصَّلاَةِ بِمَكَّةَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ وَبَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ بَعْدَ الطَّوَافِ فَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رُخْصَةٌ فِي ذَلِكَ .
The compiler notes a reported concession for prayer after ṭawāf during the normally restricted periods, while also recording that some scholars applied the restriction in Makkah as well.
No decision requested; the exception and the differing view are both stated.