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

It was narrated from Muhammad ibn Abi al-Suhban, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Hammad, from Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Hamid, from Abu Usamah al-Shahham, who said: A man said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: “I delay Maghrib until the stars become visible.” Imam عليه السلام said: “That is the practice of the Khattabiyyah! Verily, Jibra’il عليه السلام, peace be upon him, brought it down upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, at the time when the disk (of the sun) had set.”