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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Musa bin Rashid Al-Azmi | H (81) | The revelation was sent to explain the timings
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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The descent of revelation to clarify the prayer times.
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Imam al-Qurtubi said:
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There is no disagreement that Jibril, peace be upon him,
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descended on the morning of the night of the Isra' at midday.
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He taught the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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the prayer and its prescribed times.
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Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said:
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When the night of the Isra' occurred,
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a year and a half before the Hijrah,
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Allah enjoined upon His Messenger, peace be upon him,
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the five daily prayers.
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He detailed their conditions and essential pillars,
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and everything related to them thereafter,
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gradually.
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And Allah knows best.
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The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections,
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on the authority of Ibn Shihab, that ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz
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delayed the prayer one day.
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‘Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr entered upon him,
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and informed him that al-Mughirah Ibn Shu‘bah
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had delayed the prayer one day while he was in Iraq.
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Abu Mas‘ud al-Ansari entered upon him,
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and said, "What is this, O Mughirah?
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Do you not know that Jibril, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him,
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descended and prayed,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed;
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then he prayed,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed;
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then he prayed,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed;
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then he prayed,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed;
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then he prayed,
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and he, peace be upon him, prayed."
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Then he said,
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"I have been commanded to do this."
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Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad,
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and al-Hakim in his Mustadrak with a sound chain of narration,
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on the authority of Jabir Ibn ‘Abdullah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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Jibril came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, when the sun had passed its zenith,
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and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray Dhuhr."
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So he rose and prayed Dhuhr when the sun had passed its zenith.
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Then he waited until a man’s shadow was equal to his height for ‘Asr.
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He came and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray ‘Asr."
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So he rose and prayed ‘Asr.
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Then he waited until the sun had set and said,
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"Rise and pray Maghrib."
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So he rose and prayed it exactly when the sun had set.
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Then he waited until the twilight had vanished.
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He came to him and said, "Rise and pray ‘Isha'."
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So he rose and prayed it.
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Then he came to him when the dawn broke for the morning prayer,
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and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray."
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So he rose and prayed the morning prayer.
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Then he came to him the next day when a man’s shadow was equal to his height,
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and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray Dhuhr."
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So he rose and prayed Dhuhr.
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Then he came to him when a man’s shadow was twice his height,
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and said, "Rise, O Muhammad, and pray ‘Asr."
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So he rose and prayed ‘Asr.
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Then he came to him for Maghrib when the sun had set,
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at the same time, not deviating from it,
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and said, "Rise and pray Maghrib."
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So he prayed Maghrib.
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Then he came to him for ‘Isha' when the first third of the night had passed,
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and said, "Rise and pray."
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So he prayed ‘Isha'.
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Then he came to him for the morning prayer when the dawn was very bright,
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and said, "Rise and pray the morning prayer."
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Then he said, "Everything between these two times is a valid time."
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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Authored by Shaykh Musa Ibn Rashid al-‘Azimi,
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and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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If the longing of the worlds for one another grows long,
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the longing for you has no fathomable limit.
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May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised,
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and lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.