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The Asr prayer (Arabic: صلاة العصر ṣalāt al-ʿaṣr, "afternoon prayer") is the afternoon daily prayer recited by practising Muslims. It is the third of the five daily prayers (the Islamic date begins at maghrib). The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam. The Asr prayer is a four rakaʿāt daily prayer and is prayed (barely) silently. When travelling, according to some madh'habs, it may be reduced to two rakaʿāt. The Asr daily prayer may be mentioned as the middle prayer in the Qur'an at sura 2 (Al-Baqara), ayat 238, and also the name of a short sura (surat al-Asr). This raises the middle daily prayer to a preciously higher rank for practicing Muslims in particular when it falls on Fridays.
According to the Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following:
However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins. Letter 52 of Nahj al-Balagha contains instruction of Ali to his governors on the timings of salat, "The Asr prayers can be performed till the sun is still bright and enough time of the day is left for a person to cover a distance of six miles."
You passed me by and I tried to talk to you
Nothing I can say could tell you all the things I've wanted to
I only hope that you could look into these eyes and see
I lost my way and I need you to carry me
Nobody's told you to listen before and I can't change your ways
But I am standing just outside your door, don't let our key just slip away
The rain it falls and it trickles down your face
But your eyes shine through it all, they tell me not to leave this place
All I can do is just leave it up to you
You can make or break me girl there's no more I can do
Nobody's told you to listen before and I can't change your ways
But I am standing just outside your door, don't let our key just slip away
Yet still I wonder if this could all be real
There's nothing that compares to the way you make me feel
Nobody's told you to listen before and I can't change your ways