When is the time for the 'Isha' prayer
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The questioner : Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. We received a message on the phone. Yes, it is permitted, the Shaykh is present. Yes, regarding Ramadan, the sister questioner is with us on the line. She says that she asked a student of knowledge about the 'Isha' prayer, and he informed her that it is one hour after the Maghrib adhan. She wants the correct answer regarding this, as she has prayed several prayers based on this fatwa. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. If the one she asked was a student of knowledge, then she owes nothing, and the sin is upon him, because he issued a fatwa to her without knowledge. And Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:[Al-An'am 6:144] So whoever issues a fatwa to the people without knowledge, it is fitting that Allah the Mighty and Majestic misguides him and does not guide him, because he is a wrongdoer. And whoever issues a fatwa that the time for the 'Isha' prayer is one hour after the sunset of the sun, he has issued a fatwa without knowledge. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that the time for 'Isha' does not enter until the red twilight disappears. And the red twilight cannot disappear just one hour after sunset. The one who issued the fatwa to her should repent to Allah and think about his affair. And he should not misguide the servants of Allah from the Shari'ah of Allah. This is if what you mentioned about him is true.
The questioner : Yes, it is true.
The Shaykh : Perhaps she made a mistake or was misguided.
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : In any case, tell her that as long as her prayer was based on the fatwa of a scholar in her view, she owes nothing, and the sin is upon him alone. But if it was not so, she has to repeat the prayers she prayed before their time.
The questioner : The dispensation.
The Shaykh : You do not know how many prayers there were, so let her estimate and seek to be accurate, and[Al-Baqarah 2:286],
The presenter : May Allah keep you safe, Honorable
The questioner : If you please, when exactly does it enter, after an hour and a half, I mean?
The Shaykh : And when?
The questioner : The hour, the hour and a half, it might be five or seven minutes before the hour and a half, and it might be one or two minutes after the half.
The presenter : Lovely, in an instant.
The Shaykh : Definitely.
The questioner : The general rule is that it is one hour after sunset.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. If the one she asked was a student of knowledge, then she owes nothing, and the sin is upon him, because he issued a fatwa to her without knowledge. And Allah the Mighty and Majestic said:
Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people."
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِّيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَThe questioner : Yes, it is true.
The Shaykh : Perhaps she made a mistake or was misguided.
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : In any case, tell her that as long as her prayer was based on the fatwa of a scholar in her view, she owes nothing, and the sin is upon him alone. But if it was not so, she has to repeat the prayers she prayed before their time.
The questioner : The dispensation.
The Shaykh : You do not know how many prayers there were, so let her estimate and seek to be accurate, and
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe presenter : May Allah keep you safe, Honorable
The questioner : If you please, when exactly does it enter, after an hour and a half, I mean?
The Shaykh : And when?
The questioner : The hour, the hour and a half, it might be five or seven minutes before the hour and a half, and it might be one or two minutes after the half.
The presenter : Lovely, in an instant.
The Shaykh : Definitely.
The questioner : The general rule is that it is one hour after sunset.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 283- متى وقت صلاة العشاء /سؤال على الهاتف /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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