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Al-Ṭabarānī also narrated it in his al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr with a sound (ḥasan) chain of transmission, as reported by Shaykh al-Islām Ibn al-ʿIrāqī in Sharḥ al-Taqrīb, from Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays. Its wording is as follows:
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed the noon prayer at al-Ṣahbāʾ, then he sent ʿAlī on an errand. ʿAlī returned after the Prophet (peace be upon him) had already prayed the afternoon prayer. The Prophet then placed his head in ʿAlī’s lap and fell asleep, and ʿAlī did not move him until the sun had set. Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “O Allah, Your servant ʿAlī was detained by himself for the sake of Your Prophet, so return the sun for him.”
Asmāʾ said: The sun then rose again until it appeared upon the mountains and upon the earth. ʿAlī stood up, performed ablution, and prayed the afternoon prayer; then the sun set again. This occurred at al-Ṣahbāʾ.
It was also narrated by Mardawayh from the hadith of Abū Hurayrah with a sound (ḥasan) chain as well. (End.) It was also narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in his al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr with a sound chain, as related by Shaykh al-Islām, Qāḍī al-Quḍāt Ibn al-ʿIrāqī, the ḥāfiẓ Walī al-Dīn, in Sharḥ al-Taqrīb, from Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays. Its wording is:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the noon prayer at al-Ṣahbāʾ, then he sent ʿAlī on an errand—namely, the distribution of the spoils of Khaybar, as mentioned in another narration of al-Ṭabarānī. ʿAlī returned after the Prophet had already prayed the afternoon prayer. The Prophet then placed his head in ʿAlī’s lap and fell asleep, and ʿAlī did not move him until the sun had set. When he awoke, he asked him, “Have you prayed?” He replied, “No.”
Thereupon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “O Allah, Your servant ʿAlī restrained himself, refrained from moving, limiting himself to safeguarding Your Prophet and serving him—so return the sun for him so that he may perform the afternoon prayer within its time.”
Asmāʾ said: The sun then rose again until it appeared upon the mountains and upon the earth. ʿAlī stood up, performed ablution, and prayed the afternoon prayer; then the sun set again. This took place at al-Ṣahbāʾ.