Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 632

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Explanation of Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

وَلَا يَمْتَدُّ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ، فَإِذَا انْتَصَفَ اللَّيْلُ خَرَجَ وَقْتُ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ وَبَقِيَ هَذَا النِّصْفُ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ لَيْسَ وَقْتًا لِصَلَاةٍ مَفْرُوضَةٍ، لَكِنَّهُ وَقْتُ التَّهَجُّدِ لِمَنْ وَفَّقَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

It does not extend until the break of dawn; so when the night reaches its midpoint, the time for the Isha prayer ends, and this remaining half until dawn is not a time for an obligatory prayer, but it is the time for Tahajjud for those whom Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, has granted success.

أَمَّا مِنْ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ فَهُوَ أَيْضًا لَيْسَ وَقْتًا لِصَلَاةٍ مَفْرُوضَةٍ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ وَقْتٌ لِصَلَاةٍ مُطْلَقَةٍ كَصَلَاةِ الضُّحَى، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ، فَتَمَيَّزَتْ بِأَنَّهَا مَشْهُودَةٌ، وَبِأَنَّهَا مُنْفَرِدَةٌ بِوَقْتِهَا، لَا يَتَّصِلُ بِهَا مَا قَبْلَهَا، وَلَا تَصِلُ بِمَا بَعْدَهَا، أَمَّا صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ فَتَمَيَّزَتْ بِأَنَّهَا الصَّلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى، فَإِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ الْوُسْطَى بِنَصِّ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ، وَتَمَيَّزَتْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى نَوَّهَ بِفَضْلِهَا وَشَرَفِهَا حَيْثُ خَصَّهَا بِالذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ أَنْ عَمَّمَ فَقَالَ: ﴿حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ﴾ (الْبَقَرَةُ: ٢٣٨)، هَذَا عَامٌ ﴿وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى﴾ يَعْنِي: صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ، فَخَصَّهَا بِالذِّكْرِ لِفَضِيلَتِهَا، وَهُنَاكَ فَضَائِلُ وَمِيزَاتٌ اشْتَرَكَتْ فِيهَا صَلَاةُ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ، مِنْهَا مَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُؤَلِّفُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ.

As for from sunrise until the sun passes its zenith, it is also not a time for an obligatory prayer, but rather it is a time for a voluntary prayer like the Duha prayer and the like. It (the Fajr prayer) is distinguished by being witnessed, and by being unique in its time; what precedes it does not connect to it, and it does not connect to what follows it. As for the Asr prayer, it is distinguished by being the 'middle prayer,' for the middle prayer, by the text of the Hadith from the Prophet (peace be upon him), is the Asr prayer. It is also distinguished by the fact that Allah the Almighty highlighted its virtue and honor by mentioning it specifically after mentioning prayers generally, as He said: 'Guard strictly the (five obligatory) prayers' (Al-Baqarah: 238) - this is general - 'and the middle prayer,' meaning: the Asr prayer. So He singled it out for mention due to its virtue. There are virtues and characteristics that the Fajr prayer and the Asr prayer share, some of which the author, may Allah have mercy on him, pointed to in this chapter.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (32 verbs · 42 nouns)

• شَرَحَ — to explain
• صَلَّى — to pray
• امْتَدَّ — to extend
• رَوْضَة — garden
• صَالِح — righteous person
• كَلَام — speech