The West, Salat after Sunset
وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ {115}
And for Allah is the East and the West; therefore wherever you turn to, so there would be the Face of Allah; surely Allah is Capacious, Knowing [2:115]
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَشْيَمَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَقْتُ الْمَغْرِبِ إِذَا ذَهَبَتِ الْحُمْرَةُ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ تَدْرِي كَيْفَ ذَاكَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْمَشْرِقَ مُطِلٌّ عَلَى الْمَغْرِبِ هَكَذَا وَ رَفَعَ يَمِينَهُ فَوْقَ يَسَارِهِ فَإِذَا غَابَتْ هَاهُنَا ذَهَبَتِ الْحُمْرَةُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا
Mohammed ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammed from Ali ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Ushaym from certain persons of our people who have said the following:
‘I once heard Abu ‘Abd Allah-asws say, ‘It is time for al-Maghrib Salat when the redness disappears from the East. Do you know how it happens?’ I replied, ‘No, I do not know.’ Imam-asws said that it is because the East is under-hanged in relation to the West like this – Imam-asws raised his-asws right hand over his left hand. ‘When it is sunset here (West), the redness disappears from there (East).[1]
[1] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج3، ص: 278, H.1