Jami` at-Tirmidhi 159

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Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihāb, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed ʿAṣr while the sun was still in her chamber; no shadow had yet appeared inside it. There are also reports on this topic from Anas, Abū Arwā, Jābir, and Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj. A report from Rāfiʿ, from the Prophet (ﷺ), about delaying ʿAṣr is also narrated, but it is not authentic. Abū ʿĪsā said: The hadith of ʿĀʾishah is hasan sahih. Some scholars among the Prophet’s Companions, including ʿUmar, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, ʿĀʾishah, and Anas, and more than one Successor preferred performing ʿAṣr early and disliked delaying it. ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak, al-Shāfiʿī, Aḥmad, and Isḥāq held this view.