The Ruling on Delaying the Fajr Prayer Beyond the Time Specified in the Calendar
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The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Question:
He says: What is the ruling on delaying the Fajr prayer beyond the time specified in the calendar prepared for that purpose, knowing that some imams delay it until near the sunrise? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
This is an action that is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to hasten for the Fajr prayer, entering into it in the darkness when a man could not recognize his companion or the person next to him. But he would lengthen the recitation, reciting from the seventy or sixty up to a hundred verses, and then he would conclude the prayer when it became light and a man could recognize his companion.
And this is the combining of the hadiths: the hadiths regarding hastening and the hadiths regarding the light of dawn. One enters the prayer early and lengthens it, and concludes it after the light of dawn appears. But to delay entering the prayer until the light of dawn appears is an error. Yes. Also, you have directives from the responsible ministry regarding the interval between the adhan and the iqamah, so act upon them. The congregation will be decisive if they see decisiveness from the imam, and they will delay if they see delay from the imam. Yes.
May Allah reward you,
Question:
He says: What is the ruling on delaying the Fajr prayer beyond the time specified in the calendar prepared for that purpose, knowing that some imams delay it until near the sunrise? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
This is an action that is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to hasten for the Fajr prayer, entering into it in the darkness when a man could not recognize his companion or the person next to him. But he would lengthen the recitation, reciting from the seventy or sixty up to a hundred verses, and then he would conclude the prayer when it became light and a man could recognize his companion.
And this is the combining of the hadiths: the hadiths regarding hastening and the hadiths regarding the light of dawn. One enters the prayer early and lengthens it, and concludes it after the light of dawn appears. But to delay entering the prayer until the light of dawn appears is an error. Yes. Also, you have directives from the responsible ministry regarding the interval between the adhan and the iqamah, so act upon them. The congregation will be decisive if they see decisiveness from the imam, and they will delay if they see delay from the imam. Yes.
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