Hadith 5

Sahih Bukhari

Book 12: Fear Prayer

Chapter 5

The chaser and the chased can offer Salat (prayer) while riding , and by signs

بَابُ صَلاَةِ الطَّالِبِ وَالْمَطْلُوبِ رَاكِبًا وَإِيمَاءً

Al-Walid said: I told Al-Auza'i about the Salat (prayer) of Shurahbil bin As-Samt and his companions on the backs of animals. On that, he said, "That was the case with us if we feared that the time of Salat would be over." Al-Walid (disagreed with Al-Auza'i) deriving his verdict from the statement of the Prophet ﷺ: "None should offer the 'Asr prayer but at Bani Quraiza." ​​
وَقَالَ الْوَلِيدُ ذَكَرْتُ لِلأَوْزَاعِيِّ صَلاَةَ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الدَّابَّةِ فَقَالَ كَذَلِكَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا إِذَا تُخُوِّفَ الْفَوْتُ، وَاحْتَجَّ الْوَلِيدُ بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ يُصَلِّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ الْعَصْرَ إِلاَّ فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ».
Sahih al-Bukhari 946
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَنَا لَمَّا رَجَعَ مِنَ الأَحْزَابِ ‏ ‏‏.‏ فَأَدْرَكَ بَعْضُهُمُ الْعَصْرَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ نُصَلِّي حَتَّى نَأْتِيَهَا، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ نُصَلِّي لَمْ يُرَدْ مِنَّا ذَلِكَ‏.‏ فَذُكِرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ يُعَنِّفْ وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمْ‏.‏
"‏ لاَ يُصَلِّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ الْعَصْرَ إِلاَّ فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ ‏"
Ibn `Umar:

When the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from the battle of Al-Ahzab (The confederates), he said to us, "None should offer the 'Asr prayer but at Bani Quraiza." The 'Asr prayer became due for some of them on the way. Some of them decided not to offer the Salat but at Bani Quraiza while others decided to offer the Salat on the spot and said that the intention of the Prophet (ﷺ) was not what the former party had understood. And when that was told to the Prophet (ﷺ) he did not blame anyone of them.