The sun and the shaytan's horn in the prayer times

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الشمس وقرن الشيطان في أوقات الصلاة

The Prophet reported that the sun rises with the shaytan's horn; when it climbs he parts from it, when it stands he joins it, when it declines he parts, when it nears sunset he joins it, and when it sets he parts — and he forbade prayer in those hours 1 Muwatta 584.

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Al-Muwatta relates from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar from Abdullah al-Sunabihi that the Prophet ﷺ reported the sun rises with the shaytan's horn: when it climbs he parts from it, when it stands he joins it, when it declines he parts, when it nears sunset he joins it, when it sets he parts — and he forbade prayer in those hours 1 Muwatta 584.

The meaning

This hadith is among the foundations of the prohibition of prayer in disliked times; the shaytan's horn accompanies the sun in certain hours 1.

Notes

Companion to Umar's report on the shaytan's horn at sunrise and sunset; this browser shows it in the devils section 1.

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Muhammad· Abd al-Rahman ibn Usayla al-Sunabihi· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Muwatta 584
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Sources

  1. Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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