The duration of the delay for the 'Asr prayer after the adhan
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Question:
The hadith indicates the virtue of hastening to the 'Asr prayer. Your Eminence the Shaykh, but what is the extent of hastening in modern time?
Answer:
The adhan is given, and then there is a delay of a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour; this is well known. The people are not kept in the mosque. After a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour, this is the appropriate time to hasten so that the worshippers can come and pray the greeting of the mosque, or pray four rak'ahs before 'Asr, as in the hadith. May Allah have mercy on 'Imran; he prayed four rak'ahs before 'Asr. It is recommended to pray four rak'ahs before it. So the imam waits for the people to arrive after the adhan and for them to perform the prescribed rak'ahs. If a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour has passed, or approximately that, then it is appropriate.
The hadith indicates the virtue of hastening to the 'Asr prayer. Your Eminence the Shaykh, but what is the extent of hastening in modern time?
Answer:
The adhan is given, and then there is a delay of a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour; this is well known. The people are not kept in the mosque. After a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour, this is the appropriate time to hasten so that the worshippers can come and pray the greeting of the mosque, or pray four rak'ahs before 'Asr, as in the hadith. May Allah have mercy on 'Imran; he prayed four rak'ahs before 'Asr. It is recommended to pray four rak'ahs before it. So the imam waits for the people to arrive after the adhan and for them to perform the prescribed rak'ahs. If a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour has passed, or approximately that, then it is appropriate.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أسئلة في باب أول وقت العصر وآخره في الاختيار والضرورة — islamhouse.com (10:08)
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