Hadith 12822

Chapter 19

باب 19

(19) باب صَلاَةُ الأَوَّابِينَ حِينَ تَرْمَضُ الْفِصَالُ

(19) Chapter: Salat al-Awwabin (the prayer of the penitent) is when the young camels feel the heat of the hot sand (ES)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ - عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ، رَأَى قَوْمًا يُصَلُّونَ مِنَ الضُّحَى فَقَالَ أَمَا لَقَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ الصَّلاَةَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ . إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الأَوَّابِينَ حِينَ تَرْمَضُ الْفِصَالُ " .

Zaid b. Arqam, on seeing some people praying in the forenoon, said:
They well know that prayer at another time than this is more excellent, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: The prayer of those who are penitent is observed when your weaned camels feel the heat of the sun. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih Muslim 748 a (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 6, Hadith 175 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1630 (ES)