Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on Times of Prayer and Sign of Each of Its Times
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ما رواه الحسين بن سعيد عن محمد بن سنان عن ابن مسكان عن زرارة عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال سألته عن وقت الظهر فقال ذراع من زوال الشمس ووقت العصر ذراع من وقت الظهر فذلك أربعة أقدام من زوال الشمس وقال زرارة قال لي أبو جعفر ع حين سألته عن ذلك إن حايط مسجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله كان قامة فكان إذا مضى من فيئه ذراع صلى الظهر وإذا مضى من فيئه ذراعان صلى العصر ثم قال أتدري لم جعل الذراع والذراعان؟ قلت لم جعل ذلك؟ قال لمكان النافلة فان لك ان تنتفل من زوال الشمس الى أن يمضي الفئ ذراعا فإذا بلغ فيئك ذراعا من الزوال بدأت بالفريضة وتركت النافلة قال ابن مسكان وحدثني بالذراع والذراعين سليمان بن خالد وأبو بصير المرادي وحسين صاحب القلانس وابن أبي يعفور ومن لا أحصيه منهم وفي هذا الخبر تصريح بما عقدنا عليه الباب ان هذه الاوقات إنما جعلت لمكان النافلة
That which was narrated by Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Ibn Miskan, from Zurarah, from Abu Ja’far (a.s), who said: I asked Him (a.s) about the time of Dhuhr and Imam (a.s) said: “One forearm's length (of shadow) from the sun's zenith; and the time of ‘Asr is one forearm's length from the time of Dhuhr, so that makes four forearms from the sun’s zenith. And Zurarah said: “Abu Ja’far (a.s), said to me when I asked Him (a.s) about that: “The wall of the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (swt), may Allah (swt) bless him and his family, was a man's height, and when the shadow from it extended one forearm, he would pray Dhuhr, and when the shadow extended two forearms, he would pray ‘Asr.” Then Imam (a.s) said: "Do you know why one forearm and two forearms were appointed?" I said: “Why was that set?” Imam (a.s) said: “Because of the supererogatory prayers. For you are allowed to perform supererogatory prayers from the sun’s zenith until the shadow reaches one forearm in length; and when your shadow reaches one forearm from the zenith, you begin with the obligatory prayer and leave the supererogatory prayer.” Ibn Miskan said: “And Sulayman ibn Khalid and Abu Basir al-Muradi and Husayn, the one with the caps, and Ibn Abi Ya’fur, and others whom I cannot enumerate, also narrated to me regarding the one forearm and the two forearms.” And in this narration, there is a clear indication of what we have based this chapter upon, that these times were designated for the purpose of offering the supererogatory prayers.
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Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
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Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 20
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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