The Use of Timetables and Calendars.
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The Shaykh : ...the Shari'ah timing, like the books of hadith and fiqh, and what else.
The questioner : Now, they rely on these timings and no longer look at the sun; whether it has set or not.
The Shaykh : Did I not answer you? ...As I said?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you say?
The questioner : Is it in agreement, meaning its timing?
The Shaykh : No, I said: If, I said: If this timing or these timings printed in the calendar or in a book; they are like writing hadiths and fiqh in books, if they are in agreement with the Shari'ah timing; did I not answer you?!
The questioner : But - O Shaykh - now they mean the Fajr adhan; they advance the adhan by ten minutes or five minutes.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : This is present in all the timings.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, I am telling you: If it is in agreement, you are saying: It is not in agreement, okay; what is the problem? Because I am informing you of this, which is better than you informing me; in most Islamic countries, they pray Fajr before the time; so beware that you are like this!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I live in Amman, as you know, and I live on a mountain, and I see the dawn when it appears, and they call the adhan before the dawn by about twenty-five minutes to half an hour, and the prayer is established in the mosque that is near me with the appearance of the dawn; that is: after half an hour, the establishment of the prayer, they enter the prayer with the appearance of the dawn; that is: they pray the Sunnah of Fajr long before the time, and therefore I was - and this is from the favor of Allah upon me and many of us - before I was afflicted with knee pain, I would go down with the Fajr adhan, which they call; that is: before the Shari'ah adhan by about half an hour, I would drive my car and pass by some of our brothers, so I would fill the car with as many passengers as it could hold, our brothers, and we would go to the mosque, I am in East Amman and the mosque is in West Amman; in order to pray behind a Salafi imam, his creed is Salafi, his prayer is according to the Sunnah, and so on, and after the dawn has become clear.
And so we have news in Kuwait, they pray Fajr before the time, and news from MoroccoThe Shaykh : Taqi al-Din al-Halali - may Allah have mercy on him - who was a professor at the Islamic University, authored a treatise on this issue, and it is printed, and about two years ago - also - a man in Ta'if informed me, saying - also - that they call the Fajr adhan before the time, and we have in Amman in Ramadan, problems arose; because they call the adhan after Maghrib in Ramadan like other days; but we specify Ramadan because of the iftar, after the setting of the sun, and I see it as I see the appearance of the dawn and the rising of the sun; also I see the setting of the sun with my own eyes, the sun sets and I break my fast as is the Sunnah with dates, ten minutes pass until they call the adhan; knowing that the mu'adhdhin who calls is in a very high place in Amman, they call it al-Ashtareyah, and the great mosque in Amman is in the middle of the town, meaning in the valley, so it is known to everyone who considers the difference in horizons that if the sun sets for me ten minutes before their adhan, do you think it did not set for those who were in the valley at least twenty-five, fifteen, or twenty minutes earlier?! All this is because of what? The astronomical timing present in these calendars and timetables, but if it is, why did I tell you and draw your attention time after time, if it is in agreement with the Shari'ah, then there is nothing wrong with it; like any book containing what agrees with the Shari'ah, so recording it is a facilitation for people to know the timings, but the reality is that these timings are astronomical timings, and therefore now you hear on your radio that now is the time for the Isha adhan, where? Or Maghrib in Riyadh; considering the difference in what? The times in other countries, who considers this? No one considers it now, because the mu'adhdhins. Yes?
The questioner : The jurist considers it.
The Shaykh : Okay; the jurist, the mu'adhdhins do not know the Shari'ah timings, and this is truly one of the things that Muslims have suffered from today in the modern era, so do not take the recording of the Shari'ah timings, but take from them that this timing is an error and not Shari'ah.
The questioner : Now, they rely on these timings and no longer look at the sun; whether it has set or not.
The Shaykh : Did I not answer you? ...As I said?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you say?
The questioner : Is it in agreement, meaning its timing?
The Shaykh : No, I said: If, I said: If this timing or these timings printed in the calendar or in a book; they are like writing hadiths and fiqh in books, if they are in agreement with the Shari'ah timing; did I not answer you?!
The questioner : But - O Shaykh - now they mean the Fajr adhan; they advance the adhan by ten minutes or five minutes.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : This is present in all the timings.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, I am telling you: If it is in agreement, you are saying: It is not in agreement, okay; what is the problem? Because I am informing you of this, which is better than you informing me; in most Islamic countries, they pray Fajr before the time; so beware that you are like this!
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I live in Amman, as you know, and I live on a mountain, and I see the dawn when it appears, and they call the adhan before the dawn by about twenty-five minutes to half an hour, and the prayer is established in the mosque that is near me with the appearance of the dawn; that is: after half an hour, the establishment of the prayer, they enter the prayer with the appearance of the dawn; that is: they pray the Sunnah of Fajr long before the time, and therefore I was - and this is from the favor of Allah upon me and many of us - before I was afflicted with knee pain, I would go down with the Fajr adhan, which they call; that is: before the Shari'ah adhan by about half an hour, I would drive my car and pass by some of our brothers, so I would fill the car with as many passengers as it could hold, our brothers, and we would go to the mosque, I am in East Amman and the mosque is in West Amman; in order to pray behind a Salafi imam, his creed is Salafi, his prayer is according to the Sunnah, and so on, and after the dawn has become clear.
And so we have news in Kuwait, they pray Fajr before the time, and news from MoroccoThe Shaykh : Taqi al-Din al-Halali - may Allah have mercy on him - who was a professor at the Islamic University, authored a treatise on this issue, and it is printed, and about two years ago - also - a man in Ta'if informed me, saying - also - that they call the Fajr adhan before the time, and we have in Amman in Ramadan, problems arose; because they call the adhan after Maghrib in Ramadan like other days; but we specify Ramadan because of the iftar, after the setting of the sun, and I see it as I see the appearance of the dawn and the rising of the sun; also I see the setting of the sun with my own eyes, the sun sets and I break my fast as is the Sunnah with dates, ten minutes pass until they call the adhan; knowing that the mu'adhdhin who calls is in a very high place in Amman, they call it al-Ashtareyah, and the great mosque in Amman is in the middle of the town, meaning in the valley, so it is known to everyone who considers the difference in horizons that if the sun sets for me ten minutes before their adhan, do you think it did not set for those who were in the valley at least twenty-five, fifteen, or twenty minutes earlier?! All this is because of what? The astronomical timing present in these calendars and timetables, but if it is, why did I tell you and draw your attention time after time, if it is in agreement with the Shari'ah, then there is nothing wrong with it; like any book containing what agrees with the Shari'ah, so recording it is a facilitation for people to know the timings, but the reality is that these timings are astronomical timings, and therefore now you hear on your radio that now is the time for the Isha adhan, where? Or Maghrib in Riyadh; considering the difference in what? The times in other countries, who considers this? No one considers it now, because the mu'adhdhins. Yes?
The questioner : The jurist considers it.
The Shaykh : Okay; the jurist, the mu'adhdhins do not know the Shari'ah timings, and this is truly one of the things that Muslims have suffered from today in the modern era, so do not take the recording of the Shari'ah timings, but take from them that this timing is an error and not Shari'ah.
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