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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Prayer in countries where the day or night is prolonged

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Question:
What remains regarding prayer in countries where the day is long and the night is short, and vice versa.

Answer:
Do not rush, do not rush. Leave this matter to those who are isolated from it. This issue was presented to the fiqh academies and the Council of Senior Scholars, and a study was conducted on it. The summary is that a country where night and day pass within twenty-four hours is considered to have night prayers in the night and day prayers in the day, even if one of them is short, whether the night is short or the day is short, because sometimes this one is short and that one is long, and sometimes it is the other way around.
As for countries where night and day do not pass within twenty-four hours, where there is no night and day, but it is all day or all night, such that in some countries the night lasts six months and the day lasts six months, which are the polar countries, an estimate is made for them. They said an estimate is made for them, an estimate is made for them, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered an estimate to be made in the days of the Dajjal. He said:
Make an estimate for them,اقدروا له،
So an estimate is made for their night and day. But is this estimate based on the noble Makkah? Or is it based on the nearest country to it where night and day pass within twenty-four hours? They differed on this.
The bottom line is that this is a very difficult issue, and it includes, for example, fasting, and it includes prayer, meaning it involves great matters. But from the mercy of Allah is that the number of inhabitants in countries with this condition is small, and the number of Muslims is small. Muslims are mostly in countries where there is a normal night and day.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المواقيت - 1 — islamhouse.com (52:00)

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