Abu Minhal narrates: My father went, and I also went with him. We presented ourselves before Sayyiduna Abu Barzah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him). My father said to him: Tell us how the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the obligatory prayers. He replied: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the noon prayer, which you call "the first," when the sun had declined. And he used to perform the Asr prayer at such a time that after it, a person could return to the farthest corner of Madinah. The narrator says: I have forgotten what he said about the Maghrib prayer. He said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked to delay the Isha prayer; this is the prayer which you people call "Atamah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before it and talking after it. After performing the morning prayer, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) finished, a person could recognize the one sitting next to him, even though the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite between sixty and one hundred verses.