Wasaṭ (وسط, الْوُسْطَىٰ)

The Middle one

حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ {238}

Maintain your Salat(s) and (in particular) ‘الْوُسْطَىٰ’ the middle Salat, and be standing obedient to Allah [2:238]

ابن بابويه، قال: حدثني أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن أبي المغرا حميد بن المثنى العجلي، عن أبي بصير، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: «صلاة الوسطى صلاة الظهر، و هي أول صلاة أنزل الله على نبيه (صلى الله عليه و آله)

Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Abu Al Magra Hameed Bin Al Masny Al Ajaly, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘the Middle Salat [2:238] – it is the Midday Salat (Al-Zohr) (صلاة الظهر), and it is the first Salat which Allah-azwj Revealed upon His-azwj Prophet-saww’’.[1]


[1] معاني الأخبار: 331/ 1

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