Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to perform the Asr prayer at a time when the sun was high and bright. Then a person would go to Awali (the outskirts of Madinah) and reach those people at a time when the sun was still high, and some places in Awali are four miles or close to that from Madinah.