Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) muezzin (Sayyiduna Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him) gave the call to prayer for Zuhr, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Cool it, cool it,”or he said:“Wait, wait,”and he said:“The intensity of the heat is from the boiling of the fire of Hell, so when the heat becomes severe, perform the prayer at a cooler time.”(Then the call to prayer for Zuhr was given at a time) when we could see the shadows of the mounds.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the heat becomes intense, perform the prayer at a cooler time, because the severity of heat is due to the boiling of the Hellfire. Hell complained to its Lord, saying: O my Lord, some parts of mine have consumed other parts due to the intensity of the heat. So Allah, the Exalted, allowed it two breaths: one breath in the winter and one breath in the summer. Thus, the extreme heat and extreme cold that you experience are due to this.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that during intense heat, when we would pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and it would become difficult to place our faces fully on the ground, we would spread our cloth and prostrate on it.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would perform the ‘Asr prayer, the sun would be high and intensely bright. Then a person would go towards the upper area of Madinah, and even after reaching there, the sun would still be high. (The narrator said that) some places in the upper area of Madinah are situated at about four miles or something like that.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Sahl, may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: We performed the Zuhr prayer with ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), then we went out and presented ourselves before Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and saw that he was performing prayer. I asked,“O honorable uncle, which prayer have you just performed?”He replied,“The ‘Asr prayer, and at this very time we used to perform this prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as well.”

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that we would perform the 'Asr prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), then slaughter a camel, divide it into ten portions, and before the sun would set, we would even eat its cooked meat.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever misses the Asr prayer, it is as if his house and wealth have been lost.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that on the occasion of the Battle of Ahzab (Trench), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) invoked against the polytheists, saying: "O Allah, fill their houses and graves with fire. They did not let us perform the middle prayer (Asr prayer) until the sun had set."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came after the sun had set during the Battle of the Trench, and he was cursing the disbelievers of Quraysh. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, the sun has set and I was not able to perform the Asr prayer." Upon this, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I have not performed it either." Then we went to the valley of Bathan, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution there, and we also performed ablution. At that time, the sun had already set. First, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Asr prayer, and after that, he performed the Maghrib prayer.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and they gather at the times of Fajr and Asr prayers. Then those angels who have stayed among you ascend, and Allah asks them—though He knows best about His servants—"In what state did you leave My servants?" They reply, "We left them while they were praying (Fajr), and when we came to them, they were praying (Asr)."