Asr prayer
































Asr prayer at At-Taqwa Mosque, Taiwan.


The Asr prayer (Arabic: صلاة العصرṣalāt al-ʿaṣr, "afternoon prayer") is the third of the five daily prayers (salat) performed daily by practicing Muslims.


The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam.


The Asr daily prayer is mentioned as the middle prayer in the Qur'an at sura 2 (Al-Baqara), ayat 238.[1]


al-Asr is also the title of the 103rd chapter (sura) of the Qur’ān.




Contents






  • 1 Name variations


  • 2 Format


  • 3 Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought


  • 4 Hanafi, Hanbali, Shafi`i, and Maliki schools of thought


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes





Name variations




































































Region/country Language Main
Arab World Arabic صلاة العصر (Ṣalāt al-ʿAṣr)
Iran Persian نماز عصر

Pakistan, India
Urdu نماز عصر (Asar namaaz)
Turkey Turkish Ikindi namazı
Azerbaijan Azeri Əsr namazı

Albania, Kosovo
Albanian Namazi i pasditës
Balkans
Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian
Ikindija-namaz
Bengal Bengali আসর, আছর (Asor)
Greater Somalia Somali Salaada Casir
Malay World
Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Basa Sunda
Salat asar, Solat asar
Uzbekistan Uzbek Asr namozi
Kazakhstan Kazakh Екінті намазы (Ekinti namazy)


Format


The Asr prayer consist of four rakats, although according to some madh'habs, it may be reduced to two rakaʿāt when travelling.



Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought


According to the Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following:



  • Time begins: once the Dhuhr prayer (mid-day daily prayer) has been recited.[2]

  • Time ends: at the beginning of the setting of the Sun.


However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins. Letter 52 of Nahj al-Balagha contains instruction of Ali to his governors on the timings of salat, "The Asr prayers can be performed till the sun is still bright and enough time of the day is left for a person to cover a distance of six miles."



Hanafi, Hanbali, Shafi`i, and Maliki schools of thought


The time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following:



  • Time begins: The Sunni schools differ on when the time begins. The Maliki, Shafi`i, and Hanbali schools say it is at the time when the length of any object's shadow equals the length of the object itself plus the length of that object's shadow at noon. The dominant opinion in the Hanafi school says it begins when the length of any object's shadow is twice the length of the object plus the length of that object's shadow at noon.[3]

  • Time ends: Once the sun has completely set below the horizon. However, it is frowned upon (and sinful in the Maliki school) to delay the prayer without a legitimate excuse to the point of the day in which the sun turns a pale red or orange color as it begins to set, though it would still be considered to have been prayed on time.


The Islamic prophet Muhammad said, "He who observes Al-Bardan (i.e., Fajr and `Asr prayers) will enter Jannah.Sahih Bukhari and Muslim, Narrated by Abu Musa.
In another hadith:
Muhammad said 'He who misses his Asr Salat (i.e. reads it after its specified time) is as if he had lost his wife, children and all his wealth.’ (Sahih Muslim)



See also



  • Dhikr

  • Tasbih



Notes




  1. ^ Quran 2:238


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  3. ^ If the length of an object is 'x' inches. Its shadow's length at noon will be 'y' inches. When the length of the shadow becomes x+y inches, the time for Asr will have set in according to the majority. According to the minority, the shadow must reach 2x+y inches in order for Asr to begin.









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