Prohibition of voluntary prayer at sunrise and sunset

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The listener Abu 'Ubaydah from Sudan sent a message asking: Is it permissible for a person to pray at the time of sunrise or at the time of sunset? And if it is an obligatory prayer, is it not permissible for him to pray? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
As for the obligatory prayer, if he slept through it or forgot it, he prays it when he remembers it, or when he wakes up from his sleep, even if it is at sunrise, or even if it is at sunset, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) As for the voluntary prayers, it is not permissible to pray them at the rising of the sun or at the setting of the sun, due to the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from praying in these two times, because of the resemblance to the polytheists who prostrate to the sun at its setting or at its rising. This is one of the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah), meaning that praying at the rising of the sun or at its setting involves resemblance to the polytheists, and it is also one of the means of shirk; therefore, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it.