Delaying the Maghrib prayer until the stars appear
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The questioner:
My brother, the Shaykh, may Allah be truthful with you. When my caravan was near Madinah and it was the time for the Maghrib prayer, we delayed performing the prayer by an hour from the adhan. The fathers present said, "What did we do? Was it a shortcoming on our part?" and mentioned a hadith that the Ummah will be in a state of well-being as long as the prayer is not delayed. So what is your opinion regarding
The Shaykh:
As long as you do not delay it, you are not delaying. You remain in a state of well-being.
The questioner:
You are in a state of well-being as long as you are pleased.
The Shaykh:
You did not delay, meaning it is not permissible to delay the Maghrib prayer until the stars appear. Rather, one should hasten to perform it, hasten to perform it at the beginning of its time. In fact, Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) in his new madhhab holds that the time for the Maghrib prayer is narrow. He says it is not wide enough for anything but performing wudu, putting on clothes to cover the 'awrah, the adhan, the iqamah, and the Maghrib prayer. Five rak'ahs: two rak'ahs of nafilah before Maghrib, and three rak'ahs of Maghrib. Five rak'ahs, and before the five, wudu, putting on the garment, the adhan, and the iqamah. This is the time for the Maghrib prayer according to Imam al-Shafi'i. As for the majority, it is from the setting of the sun until the disappearance of the red twilight. This is the correct view, if Allah wills. But what indicates that the Maghrib prayer should be hastened, and indeed that hastening to perform it at the beginning of its time is emphasized, is
My brother, the Shaykh, may Allah be truthful with you. When my caravan was near Madinah and it was the time for the Maghrib prayer, we delayed performing the prayer by an hour from the adhan. The fathers present said, "What did we do? Was it a shortcoming on our part?" and mentioned a hadith that the Ummah will be in a state of well-being as long as the prayer is not delayed
Maghrib before the stars appear
المغرب قبل أن تشتبك النجومThe Shaykh:
As long as you do not delay it, you are not delaying. You remain in a state of well-being.
The questioner:
You are in a state of well-being as long as you are pleased.
The Shaykh:
You did not delay, meaning it is not permissible to delay the Maghrib prayer until the stars appear. Rather, one should hasten to perform it, hasten to perform it at the beginning of its time. In fact, Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) in his new madhhab holds that the time for the Maghrib prayer is narrow. He says it is not wide enough for anything but performing wudu, putting on clothes to cover the 'awrah, the adhan, the iqamah, and the Maghrib prayer. Five rak'ahs: two rak'ahs of nafilah before Maghrib, and three rak'ahs of Maghrib. Five rak'ahs, and before the five, wudu, putting on the garment, the adhan, and the iqamah. This is the time for the Maghrib prayer according to Imam al-Shafi'i. As for the majority, it is from the setting of the sun until the disappearance of the red twilight. This is the correct view, if Allah wills. But what indicates that the Maghrib prayer should be hastened, and indeed that hastening to perform it at the beginning of its time is emphasized, is
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المواقيت - 3 — islamhouse.com (55:37)
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