The Ruling on Delaying the 'Isha' Prayer and Performing It Alone
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on delaying the 'Isha' prayer to the best time and performing it alone?
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
The ruling on delaying the 'Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh:
Why would he delay it?
The questioner:
He says, on the basis that he means, that delaying it is better. He says that the one who delays the 'Isha' prayer, there is a virtue in delaying it, and he prays it alone.
The Shaykh:
In congregation. If there is no congregation around him, there is no harm in his delaying it until a third of the night or until the middle of the night. But if he has a mosque congregation, he prays with the congregation and with the Muslims.
What is the ruling on delaying the 'Isha' prayer to the best time and performing it alone?
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
The ruling on delaying the 'Isha' prayer.
The Shaykh:
Why would he delay it?
The questioner:
He says, on the basis that he means, that delaying it is better. He says that the one who delays the 'Isha' prayer, there is a virtue in delaying it, and he prays it alone.
The Shaykh:
In congregation. If there is no congregation around him, there is no harm in his delaying it until a third of the night or until the middle of the night. But if he has a mosque congregation, he prays with the congregation and with the Muslims.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (41:39)
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