Muwatta 6

An unattributed report that Malik transmits from Nafi', client of Ibn Umar, in the chapter on the times of prayer: Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to his governors that prayer is the most important of their affairs, and gave the times: noon from when the shadow of an object becomes a cubit to when it becomes equal to the object; afternoon while the sun is high, white and clear, about the distance a rider covers in two or three leagues before sunset; maghrib at sunset; isha from the disappearance of the twilight to a third of the night; and dawn while the stars are visible. The editor notes that the chain is broken because Nafi' did not meet Umar, but Abd al-Razzaq joined it through Nafi' from Ibn Umar. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Umar ibn al-Khattab, Nafi', client of Ibn Umar and Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab. Built on in the chapters on prayer.