It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that Marwan asked him about the Salat al-Wusta (the Middle Prayer), and he replied: It is Zuhr (the noon prayer).

Mawla Aisha narrates from Abu Yunus, who says: Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) ordered me to write a Mushaf for her, and she said: When you reach this verse {حَافِظُوْا عَلَی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاۃِ الْوُسْطٰی}, inform me. So when I reached this verse, I informed her, and she dictated this verse to me as: {حَافِظُوْا عَلَی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاۃِ الْوُسْطٰی وَصَلَاۃِ الْعَصْرِ وَقُوْمُوْا لِلّٰہِ قَانِتِیْنَ} and said: I heard this verse from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in this way.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever deliberately abandons the Asr prayer—in another narration: whoever misses the Asr prayer until the sun sets—it is as if his family and wealth have been taken away from him. Shaiban says: That is, his family and wealth have been overpowered.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever deliberately leaves the Asr prayer until it is missed, the deeds of such a person are rendered void.

Ala bin Abdur Rahman says: I and an Ansari man, after performing the Zuhr prayer, went to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked a girl to bring water for ablution. We asked: Which prayer are you about to perform? He said: Asr prayer. We said: We have just now performed the Zuhr prayer. He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is the prayer of the hypocrite, that he keeps delaying the prayer until the sun comes between the two horns of Satan, then he performs the prayer and remembers Allah very little.

. (Second chain) A similar narration is there; however, in it: Sayyiduna Anas (RA) said: This is the prayer of the hypocrites, he repeated these words three times, a man remains sitting until the sun becomes yellow and comes between the two horns of Satan, then he stands up and pecks four times and remembers Allah very little.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not inform you about the prayer of a hypocrite? He delays the Asr prayer until the sun is between the two horns of Satan, then he stands and pecks like a rooster, and remembers Allah very little.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We would perform the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then a man would finish and go towards Banu Salamah, but even at that time he could see the places where his arrows had fallen.

A companion from the Aslam tribe narrates that they used to perform the Maghrib prayer with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then return to their homes far from Madinah, shoot arrows, and see the places where their arrows fell.

Sayyiduna Salamah bin Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the Maghrib prayer at the time when the sun had set and the edge of its disc had disappeared.