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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is excluded from the prayers during the times when prayer is prohibited

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Question:
The questioner says: As you know, there is a prohibition against praying when the sun is rising and when it is setting. Is there any prayer that is excluded from this prohibition?

Answer:
This is a point of disagreement among the scholars. Some hold that there is no voluntary prayer in the prohibited times generally, except for the two rak'ahs of tawaf, based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "O sons of Abd al-Muthalib, do not prevent anyone who has performed tawaf around this House from praying at any hour of the night or day." So the two rak'ahs of tawaf are performed at whatever time the Muslim performs tawaf.
Some scholars add to this by saying that all prayers with a cause are performed in the prohibited times because they are tied to their causes. So when the cause is present, these prayers are prayed, such as the funeral prayer, the eclipse prayer, and the greeting of the mosque. These are all tied to their causes, so they are performed when their causes are present at any time. Other scholars hold that only the two rak'ahs of tawaf are excluded, while the remaining voluntary prayers are not performed in the prohibited times due to the generality of the prohibition of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) against praying in these times, and this covers all voluntary prayers. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما يستثنى من الصلوات في أوقات النهي عن الصلاة – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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