The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-09b
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The reciter: And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, and Zuhr ibn Harb, and Abu Kuraib narrated to us, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us from al-A'mash, from Muslim ibn Subayh, from Shatayr ibn Shakal, from 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the Day of the Confederates: Sahih Muslim 627f.
The Shaykh : This also contains evidence that the middle prayer is the 'Asr prayer. His saying "the 'Asr prayer" is an explanatory apposition (atf bayan), and explanatory apposition is that which serves to explain what precedes it. Every explanatory apposition is valid as a substitute (badal), except in one or two places where it is not valid for the explanatory apposition to be a substitute. And his saying here:Sahih Muslim 627f indicates that he delayed 'Asr until after Maghrib, and what preceded indicates that he advanced Maghrib. So either this is a separate incident, or there is a discrepancy in one of the wordings. Yes.
They diverted us from saying the middle prayer, i. e. the 'Asr prayer. May Allah fill their houses and graves with fire; he then observed this prayer between the evening prayer and the night prayer.
شَغَلُونَا عَنْ الصّلاة الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ مَلأ اللَّهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا ثُمَّ صَلاهَا بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِThe Shaykh : This also contains evidence that the middle prayer is the 'Asr prayer. His saying "the 'Asr prayer" is an explanatory apposition (atf bayan), and explanatory apposition is that which serves to explain what precedes it. Every explanatory apposition is valid as a substitute (badal), except in one or two places where it is not valid for the explanatory apposition to be a substitute. And his saying here: