The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-09a
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The reciter: And Yahya ibn Ayyub, Muhammad, Qutaybah, and Ibn Hujrah narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ja'far narrated to us from al-'Ala' ibn 'Abd al-Rahman: .
The Shaykh : And this was the prayer of the hypocrite because prayer is heavy for the hypocrite, so you find him saying, "Now, now," until the sun is between the horns of the devil, which is at its setting. Then he stands and pecks it off in four [units]. He described the pecking as the pecking of a crow or the pecking of a rooster, meaning he does not settle down or become calm. For this reason, he said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 160Sahih (Darussalam) In this is evidence that if the imam delays the prayer from the preferred time, it is obligatory for the people to pray as long as the preferred time remains, because Anas ordered them to pray, saying, "Then pray the afternoon prayer." And so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered regarding the prayer behind imams who kill it off from its time, saying: so that they do not oppose the congregation, and so that their prayer at the beginning of the time is the prescribed one, and their prayer with them is so that they do not separate from the congregation. Yes.
That he entered upon Anas ibn Malik in his house in Basra when he had just finished the midday prayer, and his house was next to the mosque. When we entered upon him, he said, "Have you prayed the afternoon prayer?" We said to him, "We have only just finished the midday prayer." He said, "Then pray the afternoon prayer." So we stood up and prayed. When we had finished, he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: That is the prayer of the hypocrite. He sits watching the sun until it is between the horns of the devil, then he stands and pecks it off in four [units], not remembering Allah in it except a little."
أنه دخل على أنس بن مالك في داره بالبصرة حين انصرف من الظهر وداره بجنب المسجد فلما دخلنا عليه قال أصليتم العصر فقلنا له إنما انصرفنا الساعة من الظهر قال فصلوا العصر فقمنا فصلينا فلما انصرفنا قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: يقول تلك صلاة المنافق يجلس يرقب الشمس حتى إذا كانت بين قرني الشيطان قام فنقرها أربعا لا يذكر الله فيها إلا قليلاThe Shaykh : And this was the prayer of the hypocrite because prayer is heavy for the hypocrite, so you find him saying, "Now, now," until the sun is between the horns of the devil, which is at its setting. Then he stands and pecks it off in four [units]. He described the pecking as the pecking of a crow or the pecking of a rooster, meaning he does not settle down or become calm. For this reason, he said: