CHAPTER: DESIRABILITY OF OBSERVING THE NOON PRAYER AT THE EARLIER HOUR (OF TIMES PRESCRIBED FOR IT) WHEN THERE IS NO INTENSE HEAT
No. 1293
Jabir b. Samura reported: The Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to offer the noon prayer when the sun declined.
No. 1294
Khabbab reported: We complained to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) (the difficulty of) saying prayer on the intensely heated (ground or sand), but he paid no heed to our complaint.
No. 1295
Khabbab reported: We came to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and we complained to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about (saying prayer) on the extremely heated ground (or sand), but he paid no heed to us. Zuhair said: I asked Abu Ishaq whether it was about the noon prayer. He said: Yes. I again said whether it concerned the (offering) of the noon (prayer) in earlier hours. He said: Yes. I said: Did it concern expediting it? He said: Yes.
No. 1296
Anas b. Malik reported: We used to say (the noonprayer) with the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) in the intense heat, but when someone amongst us found it hard to place his forehead on the ground, he spread his cloth and prostrated on it.