Anas bin Malik said: We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and then shoot arrows, one of us could see the place where arrow would fall.

Salamah bin al-Akwa said: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to say the Maghrib prayer immediately after the sun had set when its upper side would disappear.

Narrated Abu Ayyub: Marthad ibn Abdullah said: When Abu Ayyub came upon us to fight the infidels and in those days Uqbah ibn Amir was the Governor of Egypt, he (Uqbah) delayed the sunset prayer. Hence Abu Ayyub stood and said: What kind of prayer is this, Uqbah? He said: We were busy. He said: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: My community will remain well, or he said: will remain on its natural condition, so long as it would not delay the evening prayer until the stars shine brightly just like a network.