Explanation of the Book of Prayer-02

The Shaykh : He says: "And from Rafi' ibn Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and after finishing the prayer one of us may go away and could still see as Par as the spots where one's arrow might reach when shot by a bow.

كنا نصلي المغرب مع الرسول صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم فينصرف أحدنا وإنه ليبصر مواقع نبله

Sahih al-Bukhari 559

Agreed upon" His statement: This is "kana" and its subject, and it is known that "kana" generally implies continuity when its predicate is a present-tense verb, such as "kana yaqra'" (he was reading) or "kana yaf'al" (he was doing) and the like. And his statement: means from the prayer, and they do not leave except after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) has left, because he forbade them to precede him in leaving. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would remain facing the qiblah for the duration of saying: "I seek forgiveness from Allah three times. O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor." Then he would leave, and the people would leave. So his statement: means after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) has left. And "inna" (that) — this clause is a circumstantial clause describing the subject in his statement: meaning: from one of us, and the circumstance is . The "inna" was broken (kasrah) because the circumstantial clause is a new statement, and added to that in this expression is that the lam was joined to its predicate. And when the predicate of "inna" is joined with the lam, it must be broken. meaning: the place where the arrows land, meaning the arrows of the bow, meaning the arrow when it is released from the bow and it is far, far away. In this hadith is evidence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to hasten the Maghrib prayer, because if they were leaving from it while the light remained to this extent, that indicates that he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was hastening the Maghrib prayer. But it is necessary that there be an interval between the adhan and the iqamah, due to his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): Then he said in the third: And this necessitates that there be a time between the setting of the sun and the Maghrib prayer that is sufficient for the prayer. Is it permissible to delay it? The answer: Yes, it is permissible, because its time is extended. Until when? Until the amount of time for the prayer remains between it and the entry of the 'Isha' time. At that point, it is obligatory to pray, because it is not permissible to delay the prayer from its time, nor part of the prayer from its time.