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`Umar came cursing the disbelievers (of Quraish) on the day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of Trench) and
said, "I could not offer the `Asr prayer till the sun had set. Then we went to Buthan and he offered the
(`Asr) prayer after sunset and then he offered the Maghrib prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 9, Hadith 73
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone forgets a prayer he should pray that prayer when he remembers it. There
is no expiation except to pray the same." Then he recited: "Establish prayer for My (i.e. Allah's)
remembrance." (20.14).
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My father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, "Tell us how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
used to offer the compulsory congregational prayers." He said, "He used to pray the Zuhr prayer,
which you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the `Asr at a time when one of US could
go to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot what
Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet (ﷺ) preferred to pray the `Isha' late and
disliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning prayer at
such a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the
Prophet) used to recite 60 to 100 'Ayat' (verses) of the Quran in it."