The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-09b
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The reciter: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Zuhr ibn Harb narrated it to us, saying: Waki‘ narrated to us from Shu‘bah from al-Hakam from Yahya ibn al-Jazzar from ‘Ali. And ‘Abd Allah ibn Ma‘adh narrated it to us, and the wording is his, saying: My father narrated to us, and Shu‘bah narrated from al-Hakam from Yahya, who heard ‘Ali say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the Day of the Confederates, while he was sitting on the bank of the trench: Sahih Muslim 627e.
The Shaykh : Yes, the bank (fardah) is from the word fard, which originally means cutting or splitting. The intended meaning of fardah is the side of the trench that serves as an entrance, because the trench, as you know, is dug into the ground, but it has entrances. So the bank of it means the side that is not dug. And this, as mentioned previously, clearly indicates that the middle prayer is the ‘Asr prayer.
They (the enemies) have diverted us from the middle prayer till the sun set. May Allah fill their graves and their houses with fire, or their graves and stomachs with fire.
شغلونا عن الصلاة الوسطى حتى غربت الشمس ملأ الله قبورهم وبيوتهم -أو قال- قبورهم وبطونهم ناراThe Shaykh : Yes, the bank (fardah) is from the word fard, which originally means cutting or splitting. The intended meaning of fardah is the side of the trench that serves as an entrance, because the trench, as you know, is dug into the ground, but it has entrances. So the bank of it means the side that is not dug. And this, as mentioned previously, clearly indicates that the middle prayer is the ‘Asr prayer.