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Hadith 792

Chapter on Delaying and Advancing Prayers

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Chapter on Delaying and Advancing Prayers

Zujajat al-Masabih 792Volume 1

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Narrated by Ziad bin Abdullah Al-Nakha'i: We were sitting with Ali bin Abi Talib in the Grand Mosque when the muezzin called the prayer. Ali told him to sit down. He sat down, and then the muezzin returned and called again. Ali said: "This dog is teaching us how to pray." Ali then got up and led the Asr prayer. After we finished, we returned to the place where we had been sitting, and we looked toward the horizon waiting for sunset. [Narrated by Hakim, who said: The chain of narration is authentic, though it was not [Narrated by Bukhari or Muslim, and Darqutni narrated something similar.