Muwatta Malik #3
The Times of Prayer
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ وَقْتِ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ مِنَ الْغَدِ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَسْفَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ " أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ وَقْتِ الصَّلاَةِ " . قَالَ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . فَقَالَ " مَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ وَقْتٌ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn
Yasar said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, and asked him about the time of the subh prayer.
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did
not answer him, but in the morning he prayed subh at first light. The
following morning he prayed subh when it was much lighter, and then
said, 'Where is the man who was asking about the time of the prayer?'
The man replied, 'Here I am, Messenger of Allah.' He said,'The time is
between these two.' "
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This hadith is #3 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Times of Prayer.