Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45643

Abdullah told us, Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah told me, Abu Al-Ahwas told us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Asim bin Damra, he said Some of Ali’s companions said to Ali, may God be pleased with him: “Don’t you tell us about the prayer of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, during the day and the voluntary prayers?” Then Ali, may God be pleased with him, said, “By God, you cannot bear it.” So they said to him, “Tell us about it, and we will take from it as much as we can bear.” He mentioned the hadith. With his height. Abdullah narrated to us, Abu Kamil Al-Jahdari narrated to us, Fudayl bin Al-Hussein dictating to me from his book, Abu Awanah narrated to us on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Asim bin Damrah, on the authority of Ali, may God be pleased with him, that he was asked about the prayer of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, during the day, and he said it was He prayed sixteen rak'ahs. He said: He prays when the sun is from here as it is from here, like the afternoon prayer, two rak'ahs, and it was He prays four rak'ahs when the sun is from here as it is from here, like the noon prayer, four rak'ahs, and he used to pray four rak'ahs before noon. After noon, two rak'ahs, and four rak'ahs before afternoon.