Last Evening Salat (Prayer)
وَجَاءُوا أَبَاهُمْ عِشَاءً يَبْكُونَ {16}
And they came to their father at ‘عِشَاءً ’ nightfall, crying [12:16]
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ حَنْظَلَةَ أَتَانَا عَنْكَ بِوَقْتٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذاً لَا يَكْذِبُ عَلَيْنَا قُلْتُ قَالَ وَقْتُ الْمَغْرِبِ إِذَا غَابَ الْقُرْصُ إِلَّا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ إِذَا جَدَّ بِهِ السَّيْرُ أَخَّرَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَهَا وَ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ وَ قَالَ وَقْتُ الْعِشَاءِ حِينَ يَغِيبُ الشَّفَقُ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ وَ وَقْتُ الْفَجْرِ حِينَ يَبْدُو حَتَّى يُضِيءَ
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Mohammed ibn Isa, who from Yunus from Yazid ibn Khalifah who has the following:
I once said to Abu ‘Abd AIIah-asws that ‘Umar ibn Hanzalah has reported something from you about the timing. Abu ‘Abd Allah-asws said: ‘Rest assured, he does not forge untrue reports from us-asws.’ I said that he has said: ‘It is the time of Sunset when the dusk disappears (Sunset takes place) except that the Messenger of AIIah-saww when tired on a journey delayed al-Maghrib and performed both of them together with al-lsha’. Imam-asws said: ‘He has spoken the truth.’ Imam-asws said that the time of Al-lsha’ is from when brightness disappears, up to one-third of the night and the time for dawn Salat is from when it is clear up till the rays come out.[1]
[1] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج3، ص: 279, H. 6