The Time of the Fajr Prayer and the Calendar
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Question:
What is your esteemed opinion on the issue of the time for the Fajr prayer? It is a source of dispute and difficulty among many imams regarding the calendar?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. The Muslims are still in a good state, and they are still praying Fajr, and no difficulty has arisen. The only disagreement that occurred was when some ideas emerged claiming that the Muslims are advancing the Fajr prayer before its time. They say, for example, by an hour, and some say more.
The Muslims pray at the correct time, and this Ummah does not agree upon misguidance. The Muslims pray at the time, they begin the prayer, they pray a moderate prayer, they lengthen the Fajr prayer, and then they finish it when the day has become clear, the light has spread, and the darkness has lifted. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter the prayer in the dimness, meaning the darkness where a man does not know his companion or the person next to him because of the darkness. Then he would finish it after the man knows his companion, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lengthen the prayer, so he would enter it early and finish it when the time becomes bright. This is the combining of the evidence, this is the combining of the evidence: that he would enter it early and lengthen the prayer, he would lengthen the prayer and finish it after it becomes bright, after it becomes bright and the man knows his companion, because there were no lamps, oil lamps, or electricity in his time. They used to pray in the darkness. This is the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is what this land has followed, and praise be to Allah. No disagreement occurred until these doubters came. And the strange thing is that some of them have published a book saying that the prayer in the two Holy Mosques is an error. They warned the Muslims against the prayer in the two Holy Mosques.
This is a calamity. Some of them eat and drink after the Muslims have fasted. They eat and drink and have intercourse with their wives after the Muslims have fasted at the appearance of dawn. This person says no, it is still remaining, and he eats and drinks and has intercourse with his wife. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. It is all influenced by this idea. So we must not pay attention to this idea at all, and we must proceed according to what this land was upon. And this calculation has not been found to be erroneous. The calculation, which is the known calendar, is approved by the authorities and by the scholars, so no defect has occurred in it. Now we are paying attention to these doubts and these newly invented matters. Yes.
What is your esteemed opinion on the issue of the time for the Fajr prayer? It is a source of dispute and difficulty among many imams regarding the calendar?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. The Muslims are still in a good state, and they are still praying Fajr, and no difficulty has arisen. The only disagreement that occurred was when some ideas emerged claiming that the Muslims are advancing the Fajr prayer before its time. They say, for example, by an hour, and some say more.
The Muslims pray at the correct time, and this Ummah does not agree upon misguidance. The Muslims pray at the time, they begin the prayer, they pray a moderate prayer, they lengthen the Fajr prayer, and then they finish it when the day has become clear, the light has spread, and the darkness has lifted. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter the prayer in the dimness, meaning the darkness where a man does not know his companion or the person next to him because of the darkness. Then he would finish it after the man knows his companion, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lengthen the prayer, so he would enter it early and finish it when the time becomes bright. This is the combining of the evidence, this is the combining of the evidence: that he would enter it early and lengthen the prayer, he would lengthen the prayer and finish it after it becomes bright, after it becomes bright and the man knows his companion, because there were no lamps, oil lamps, or electricity in his time. They used to pray in the darkness. This is the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is what this land has followed, and praise be to Allah. No disagreement occurred until these doubters came. And the strange thing is that some of them have published a book saying that the prayer in the two Holy Mosques is an error. They warned the Muslims against the prayer in the two Holy Mosques.
This is a calamity. Some of them eat and drink after the Muslims have fasted. They eat and drink and have intercourse with their wives after the Muslims have fasted at the appearance of dawn. This person says no, it is still remaining, and he eats and drinks and has intercourse with his wife. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. It is all influenced by this idea. So we must not pay attention to this idea at all, and we must proceed according to what this land was upon. And this calculation has not been found to be erroneous. The calculation, which is the known calendar, is approved by the authorities and by the scholars, so no defect has occurred in it. Now we are paying attention to these doubts and these newly invented matters. Yes.
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