The Shaykh's position on the prayer times adopted in Islamic countries.

The Shaykh : The 'Isha' prayer: when the sun sets, the red twilight appears. If you see that one day, the continuation of the red twilight means the time for Maghrib remains. When the red twilight sets, the time for 'Isha' begins. They now call the 'Isha' prayer about an hour and a quarter after the Maghrib call, whereas the red twilight sets less than half an hour before that.

The questioner : This timing is an estimate.

The Shaykh : It is an estimate, but an estimate may expose the prayer to invalidity. And I said just now here that delaying the 'Isha' prayer is better But hastening the people to the Fajr prayer exposes the people to the invalidity of the prayer. The matter is chaos; this is not observed from the standpoint of caution and establishing the prayer, as we said just now. The important thing is that no one observes these legal times today. The scholars are responsible for drawing the attention of the Muslims, especially the people of authority and decision; they must observe these legal times, otherwise the prayer and worship, such as fasting, are exposed to invalidity.