What is meant by the Shafi'is' statement that the time of 'Asr is a time of choice or a permissible time?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read in the books of the jurisprudence of Imam al-Shafi'i regarding the time of prayer, and they mention two times for the 'Asr prayer, meaning a permissible time and a time of choice. What is the meaning of the permissible time or the time of choice, and what is the difference between them?
Answer:
The permissible time, which is the time of choice, means you pray in the time of choice. The non-permissible time is the time of necessity. You do not delay the prayer to the time of necessity, which is when the sun is about to set or before it sets, except in case of necessity. If you are compelled to do so, that is different. But if you have the choice, you pray at the beginning of the time, in the time of choice. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read in the books of the jurisprudence of Imam al-Shafi'i regarding the time of prayer, and they mention two times for the 'Asr prayer, meaning a permissible time and a time of choice. What is the meaning of the permissible time or the time of choice, and what is the difference between them?
Answer:
The permissible time, which is the time of choice, means you pray in the time of choice. The non-permissible time is the time of necessity. You do not delay the prayer to the time of necessity, which is when the sun is about to set or before it sets, except in case of necessity. If you are compelled to do so, that is different. But if you have the choice, you pray at the beginning of the time, in the time of choice. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4594- 4717] ما المراد بقول الشافعية في وقت العصر وقت اختياري أو جائز؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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