From al-Malfudh Sharif, Pg 36-37,
Question [By Mawlana Amjad Ali Aazmi rađiyAllāhu ánhu]:
Is it desirable to delay the Duhr salaah in summer until it becomes cool? The following is recorded in a blessed Hadith, Perform Duhr when it cools down because the intense heat is caused due to the breath of Jahannum.
Answer:
Yes, it does not cool off until the first shadow. This Sahih Hadîth confirms the ruling of Imam Abu Hanifa (d. 150/767). Imam al-Bukhari (d. 256/868) narrated a hadîth of Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari, “We were at a place and the muaddhin proclaimed the Adhan for Duhr and came to the Nabi şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam. He said, “Wait till it is cool.” The muaddhin returned after some time and was given the same answer, “Wait till it is cool.” A little later he returned for the third time and got the same answer, “Wait till it cools off.” The narrator say’s, “The noble Prophet of Islam şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam performed the Duhr salaah when the shadow of the hills became even.”
The Shâfi’î law holds that the shadows of the hills begin at the time when the Duhr time elapses. If the Duhr time elapses then what time would it be? Surely the first shadow must have passed away long ago. Those who regard the first shadow as the valid time cannot produce any answer to the blessed Hadîth. The leader of the Ghayr-Muqallids, Nazir Ahmad Dihlawi has mocked this Hadith in his book Mi’ar al-Haqq. We have refuted him in Ĥājizu’l Baĥrayn al-Wāqī án Jāmiýi’s Şalātayn.
Question [By Mawlana Amjad Ali Aazmi rađiyAllāhu ánhu]:
Is it desirable to delay the Duhr salaah in summer until it becomes cool? The following is recorded in a blessed Hadith, Perform Duhr when it cools down because the intense heat is caused due to the breath of Jahannum.
Answer:
Yes, it does not cool off until the first shadow. This Sahih Hadîth confirms the ruling of Imam Abu Hanifa (d. 150/767). Imam al-Bukhari (d. 256/868) narrated a hadîth of Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari, “We were at a place and the muaddhin proclaimed the Adhan for Duhr and came to the Nabi şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam. He said, “Wait till it is cool.” The muaddhin returned after some time and was given the same answer, “Wait till it is cool.” A little later he returned for the third time and got the same answer, “Wait till it cools off.” The narrator say’s, “The noble Prophet of Islam şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam performed the Duhr salaah when the shadow of the hills became even.”
The Shâfi’î law holds that the shadows of the hills begin at the time when the Duhr time elapses. If the Duhr time elapses then what time would it be? Surely the first shadow must have passed away long ago. Those who regard the first shadow as the valid time cannot produce any answer to the blessed Hadîth. The leader of the Ghayr-Muqallids, Nazir Ahmad Dihlawi has mocked this Hadith in his book Mi’ar al-Haqq. We have refuted him in Ĥājizu’l Baĥrayn al-Wāqī án Jāmiýi’s Şalātayn.
