Aasim ibn Damrah said that he asked Sayyidina Ali about the Prophet’s (SAW) salah by day. He said, “You cannot endure that much.” They said, ‘Suppose, one among us will endure that much?” So, he said, “When the sun was from here (the east) so far as it is from here (the west), at the time of asr, he prayed two raka’at. And when it was from here (east) as it is from here (west) at the time of zuhr, he offered four raka’at. And he prayed four raka’at before zuhr and two after zuhr, and before asr, four raka’at, separating every two raka’at with salutation to the angels, the near ones, the Prophets, the Messengers and those of the Believers and Muslims who followed them.”