Muwatta Malik #9
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 عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ وَقْتِ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكَ صَلِّ الظُّهْرَ إِذَا كَانَ ظِلُّكَ مِثْلَكَ وَالْعَصْرَ إِذَا كَانَ ظِلُّكَ مِثْلَيْكَ وَالْمَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَالْعِشَاءَ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ وَصَلِّ الصُّبْحَ بِغَبَشٍ . يَعْنِي الْغَلَسَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Ziyad that Abdullah
ibn Rafi, the mawla of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, asked Abu Hurayra about the time of the
prayer. Abu Hurayra said, "Let me tell you. Pray dhuhr when the length
of your shadow matches your height, asr when your shadow is twice your
height, maghrib when the sun has set, isha in the first third of the
night, and subh in the very first light of dawn," i.e. when the dawn
has definitely come.
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This hadith is #9 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Times of Prayer.