Asr prayer

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Asr prayer
Muslims
TypeIslamic
SignificanceA Muslim prayer offered to Allah at the afternoon hour of the day.
ObservancesFard
BeginsAfternoon
EndsSunset
FrequencyDaily
Related toSalah, Wazifa, Five Pillars of Islam
Asr prayer at the Kaaba

The Asr prayer (

Arabic: صلاة العصر ṣalāt al-ʿaṣr, "afternoon prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah
(Islamic prayers).

The Asr prayer consists of four obligatory

The period of Asr prayer begins approximately when the sun is halfway down from noon to sunset (various branches of Islam differ on the starting point; some say that it begins when the shadow of an object equals its actual length plus its shadow during noon, others say that the actual length must be doubled).[citation needed] Asr prayer ends at sunset.

The Asr daily prayer is mentioned as the middle prayer in the

ayat 238.[5] al-Asr
is also the title of the 103rd chapter (sura) of the Qur’ān.

The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the

Practices of the Religion (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam
.

Name variations

Region/country Language Main
Arab World
Arabic
صلاة العصر (Ṣalāt al-ʿAṣr)
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kashmir
Persian, Kashmiri
نماز دیگر، نماز عصر
Afghanistan, Pakistan Pashto مازدیګر,
Pakistan, India Urdu, Hindi نماز عصر,

अस्र नमाज़

(Asar namaaz)

Pakistan Punjabi دیگر دی نماز (diigar di namaz)
Turkey
Turkish
İkindi namazı
Sous (Morocco) Tashelhit ⵜⴰⵥⴰⵍⵍⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵓⴽⵣⵉⵏ (Taẓallit n tukzin)
Rif (Morocco) Tarifit Řɛaṣaa
Azerbaijan
Azeri
Əsr namazı
Albania, Kosovo
Albanian
Namazi i pasditës
Balkans Bosnian Ikindija-namaz
Bangladesh, India Bengali আসর, আছর (Asor)
Greater Somalia
Somali
Salaada Casir
Malay World
Basa Sunda
Salat asar, Solat asar
Maldives Dhivehi އަސުރު ނަމާދު (Asuru namādhu)
Uzbekistan Uzbek Asr namozi
Kazakhstan
Kazakh
Екінті намазы (Ekinti namazy)

Format

The Asr prayer consist of four obligatory

madh'habs, it may be reduced to two rakaʿāt when travelling.[citation needed
]

Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought

According to the

Zaydi
schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following:

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:

The Islamic prophet Muhammad said, "He who observes Al-Bardayn (i.e., Fajr and ‘Asr prayers) will enter Jannah."[8]

In another hadith: Muhammad said 'He who misses his Asr Salat (i.e. performs it after its specified time) is as if he had lost his wife, children and all his wealth.’ (Sahih Muslim)

See also

References

  1. ^ Number of Rakaats for Prayers, MuslimConverts website, Retrieved 23 May 2020
  2. ^ A-llāhu akbar
  3. ^ Samiʿa-llāhu li-man ḥamidah
  4. ^ As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatu llāh
  5. ^ Quran 2:238
  6. ^ "Ways to pray and more about Zohar and Asr".
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Sahih Bukhari Hadith #574