Hadith 784

Narrated by Abu Huraira: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When it is intensely hot, then delay the prayer – and in another narration from Bukhari, from Abu Sa'id: ‘delay Zuhr prayer.’ The intense heat is from the scorching breath of Hell. The Fire complained to its Lord and said: 'O my Lord, some of me have consumed the rest of me.' So, He allowed it two breaths: one in winter and one in summer. The most intense heat that you experience is from it, and the most intense cold is from its freezing cold." [Agreed upon] And in a narration from Bukhari: "The most intense heat you experience is from its poisonous breath, and the most intense cold is from its freezing cold."