Chapter on Times of Prayer and Sign of Each of Its Times

Sa’d ibn Abdillah narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and Musa ibn Ja’far ibn Abi Ja’far, from Abu Talib Abdillah ibn al-Salt, from al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal, from Dawud ibn Abi Yazid, and he is Dawud ibn Farqad, from some of our companions: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: “When the sun passes the meridian, the time of Dhuhr has entered until the amount of time passes in which a person can pray four rak’ahs. When that has passed, then the time of Dhuhr and ‘Asr both have entered, and that continues until there remains from the sun’s presence the amount of time needed to pray four rak’ahs. When that amount of time remains, then the time of Dhuhr has ended and the time of ‘Asr remains until the sun sets.”