ON THE SUBJECT OF 207 THE TIME OF OFFERING THE VOLUNTARY MID-MORNING PRAYER WHEN THE SUN IS FAIRLY HIGH THE TIME OF OFFERING THE VOLUNTARY MID-MORNING PRAYER H H 1166 "He (Zaid) saw some people offering the voluntary prayer in the early morning and remarked, 'Would that they knew that it is better to offer the voluntary prayer a little later, because the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, 'The time of the mid-morning prayer for those who turn themselves to Allah is when the calves of the camels are warmed, that is when the sun has risen fairly high.'" R 1166 Muslim with a chain up to Zaid the son of Arqam who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
باب تجويز صلاة الضحى من ارتفاع الشمس إِلَى زوالها والأفضل أن تُصلَّى عِنْدَ اشتداد الحر وارتفاع الضحى 1143- عن زيد بن أَرْقَم رضي الله عنه : أنَّهُ رَأَى قَوْماً يُصَلُّونَ مِنَ الضُّحَى ، فَقَالَ : أمَا لَقَدْ عَلِمُوا أنَّ الصَّلاَةَ في غَيْرِ هذِهِ السَّاعَةِ أفْضَلُ ، إنَّ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "صَلاَةُ الأَوَّابِينَ حِيْنَ تَرْمَضُ الفِصَالُ" رواه مسلم . " تَرْمَضُ" بفتح التاء والميم وبالضاد المعجمة ، يعني : شدة الحر . وَ"الفِصَالُ" جَمْعُ فَصِيلٍ وَهُوَ : الصَّغيرُ مِنَ الإبِلِ .