It was narrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah
that Jibril came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to teach him the times of prayer.
Jibril went forward, with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) behind him and the
people behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he prayed Zurh when the
sun had passed its zenith. Then he came to him when the shadow of a
person was equal to his height, and did as he had done before; Jibril
went forward, with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) behind him and the people
behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he prayed 'Asr. Then Jibril came
to him when the sun had set; Jibril went forward, with the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) behind him and the people behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),
and he prayed Al-Ghadah. [1] Then he came to him on the second day when a
man's shadow was equal to his height, and did as he had done the day
before, he prayed Zuhr. Then he came to him when the shadow of a man was
twice his height, and did what he had done the day before, and prayed
'Asr. Then he came to him when the sun had set and did what he had done
the day before, and prayed Maghrib. Then we slept and got up, and slept
and got up again. Then he came to him and did what he had done the day
before and prayed 'Isha.' The he came to him when the (the light of)
dawn was spread (on the horizon) [2] and the starts were still clear in
the sky, and he did the same as he had done the day before, and prayed
Al-Ghadah. Then he said:
' The time between these two is the time for
prayer.'"
[1] Meaning Fajr, the morning prayer.
[2] The Fajr prayer was elongated because the Prophet recited at length
during the prayer, so that it ended just before sunrise. That defined
the end of the time for Fajr, as the beginning of the time was defined
by the moment when he started the first Rak'ah.
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