Qais bin Talq narrates from his father Sayyiduna Talq that we set out as a delegation of six people towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); five of us belonged to the tribe of Banu Hanifah and one was from Banu Zubay’ah bin Rabi’ah. We reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), pledged allegiance to him, and prayed with him. We informed him that there was a church in our land (which we wanted to convert into a mosque), so we requested from him the leftover water from his ablution. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called for water, performed ablution, rinsed his mouth, then poured that water into a vessel and gave it to us, saying:“Take this water with you. When you reach your land, demolish the church, sprinkle this water there, and build a mosque on that spot.”We said: O Messenger of Allah! Our land is very far, so the water will dry up. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Keep adding water to it; it will only increase its purity.”We set out, but began to argue about who would carry the vessel of water (i.e., no one was willing to give it to another). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) then assigned turns, so that each man would carry it for one night and one day. Thus, we set out until we reached our land, and we did exactly as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had commanded. There was a priest from the tribe of Tayy; when we gave the call to prayer, he said: This is the call of truth. (After saying this) he ran away somewhere and was not seen again.

Miqdam bin Shurayh narrates from his father, and he says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the manner of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray the Zuhr prayer and then two rak‘ahs after it, then the ‘Asr prayer and then two rak‘ahs after it. I said: Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to punish and forbid (people) because of these two rak‘ahs (after ‘Asr)? Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) himself used to pray this prayer, and he also knew that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed this prayer. In fact, the matter is that your people, the Yemenis, are of a foolish type. These people pray during the interval between Zuhr and ‘Asr, and then after performing the ‘Asr prayer, they also pray between ‘Asr and Maghrib, and because of this, ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) punished them, and he did well.

It is narrated from a companion of the Messenger of Allah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Asr prayer. (After the salam) a man immediately started to pray. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw him and said: "Sit down, the People of the Book were destroyed because there was no interval in their prayers." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ibn Khattab has done well."

Abdullah bin Rabah narrates from a Companion that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Asr prayer. A man immediately stood up to offer more prayer. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw him and, grabbing his sheet or garment, said: "Sit down. The People of the Book were destroyed because there was no interval in their prayers." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ibn al-Khattab did well." And in another narration: "(Ibn al-Khattab) spoke the truth."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Asma’ bin Malik Khatmi رضي الله عنه that the Noble Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "When any one of you offers the Friday prayer, then he should not perform any (other) prayer after it until he speaks to someone or moves forward or backward."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Attend the Friday sermon, and sit close to the Imam, for indeed a person keeps staying away (with disinterest) until he is given a place at the back in Paradise as well, even if he does enter it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command his daughters and wives to go out for the two Eids.

Lady Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: We asked Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? She said: Yes, may my father be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Bring out the young women and those who observe seclusion, they should participate in the Eid and in the supplications of the Muslims, and the menstruating women should stay away from the prayer place of the Muslims and sit aside."

It is narrated from the sister of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Rawahah Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:“(For the two Eids) it is obligatory for every woman who ties a waistband, that is, who has reached puberty, to go out.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The time for the beginning of a prayer is also the time for its end. The time for Zuhr begins when the sun declines (from its zenith), and when the time for Asr enters, the time for Zuhr ends. The first time for the Asr prayer is as it is, and when the sun becomes yellow, its (preferred) last time ends. The time for Maghrib begins at sunset and ends when the (red) twilight disappears from the horizon. The time for Isha begins when the (red) twilight disappears from the horizon and ends at midnight. The first time for Fajr begins at the appearance of dawn, and when the sun rises, its time ends."