Determining the times of prayer in countries where there is no official time schedule
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Question:
The questioner says: We are in some European countries where we do not have an official time schedule to know when the prayer times begin, but we have the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of individuals here. Sometimes we pray according to the time schedule of neighboring countries. Is what we are doing correct?
Answer:
Yes, you should estimate this based on the closest country to you. You should estimate it according to that. This is what has been reached in these jurisprudential assemblies: that they determine the times based on the closest country to them. Yes.
The questioner says: We are in some European countries where we do not have an official time schedule to know when the prayer times begin, but we have the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of individuals here. Sometimes we pray according to the time schedule of neighboring countries. Is what we are doing correct?
Answer:
Yes, you should estimate this based on the closest country to you. You should estimate it according to that. This is what has been reached in these jurisprudential assemblies: that they determine the times based on the closest country to them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب كراهية النوم قبلها والسمر بعدها إلا في مصلحة — islamhouse.com (54:22)
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