Jami` at-Tirmidhi 181
جامع الترمذي#181Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " صَلاَةُ الْوُسْطَى صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated that :Allah's Messenger said: "Salatul-Wusta is the Asr prayer
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahih
Al-AlbaniSahih
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan Sahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Muslim
In-book reference: 2:33