Praying with an imam who delays the 'Asr prayer until just before Maghrib
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The Shaykh:
Important.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from outside this country who says: We have a mosque in our village that follows the school of Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him), and they delay the 'Asr prayer significantly until just before Maghrib. He says it is forty-five minutes before Maghrib. He asks: Are they as 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud described, or should we pray with them?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, this is a problem, but as long as they are praying within the time, pray with them to preserve the congregational prayer, as long as they do not take the prayer outside its time. The time for 'Asr, as you know, extends until the sun turns yellow; that is the time of choice. The time of necessity is until sunset. Yes.
Important.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from outside this country who says: We have a mosque in our village that follows the school of Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him), and they delay the 'Asr prayer significantly until just before Maghrib. He says it is forty-five minutes before Maghrib. He asks: Are they as 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud described, or should we pray with them?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, this is a problem, but as long as they are praying within the time, pray with them to preserve the congregational prayer, as long as they do not take the prayer outside its time. The time for 'Asr, as you know, extends until the sun turns yellow; that is the time of choice. The time of necessity is until sunset. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (1:03:14)
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