Explaining the Error of the "Ruznamah" and the Newspaper in Determining the Times of Entering the Prayers
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The Shaykh : Do you know the Shari'ah?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : And what did you rely on when you denied the adhan?
The student : I denied the calendar or the time in the newspaper.
The Shaykh : And is the newspaper a jurist?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Fine, how did you rely on someone who is not a jurist?
The student : This means ... .
The Shaykh : Take a lesson now on the prayer times, a lesson.
The student : On the prayer times.
Another student: Where is Abu Islam?
The Shaykh : Let us start with our time now.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The time for 'Isha' begins when the time for Maghrib ends, not there; you need to look at the setting, you need to look at the sunset.
The student : It appears with the red twilight.
Another student: Where is the red twilight, do you see it here or there?
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the time for 'Isha' enters when the time for Maghrib ends. When does the time for Maghrib end? When the red twilight disappears. There is a school of thought that says: when the black twilight disappears, but what is established in the Sunnah is the disappearance of the red twilight. We observed for many long years, and we listened to the adhan that follows neither jurisprudence nor the "Ruznamah" and the calendar, and from a high place, because my house is on a mountain and I see the rising of the sun and the setting of the sun, and I see the red twilight when it begins to spread with the setting of the sun, and it spreads and spreads, then it begins to fade and fade until it disappears. So, with the setting of the red twilight, the time for Maghrib ended and the time for 'Isha' entered. Therefore, what we observed for many long years in this country—and in other countries, which we do not need to mention now—they call the adhan for 'Isha' here half an hour after the setting of the red twilight, exactly half an hour.
The student : Even we have a Shaykh.
The Shaykh : After 'Isha' comes the time for Fajr, and this time is more dangerous regarding the performance of the Fajr prayer, the prayer of Fajr. They call the adhan before the prayer, excuse me, before the entry of the true Fajr by half an hour or twenty-five minutes, and I am in my house hearing the iqamah with the rising of the true Fajr, the iqamah, and they called the adhan at least twenty-five minutes before. All of this is contrary to the Shari'ah timing.
We come to the Zuhr. They call the adhan for Zuhr at the time of dislike and the time of prohibition of prayer when the sun is in the middle of the sky. After a quarter of an hour or a little more, the time for Zuhr enters. The time for 'Asr, they call the adhan exactly, the time for 'Asr they call the adhan exactly, and the time for Maghrib they call the adhan before, excuse me, after the setting of the sun by eight minutes, eight minutes. Four times are not Shari'ah, only the time for 'Asr is Shari'ah. And we saw with our own eyes this in some areas, the adhan for Maghrib with the loudspeaker and the sun has not set yet, exactly the opposite; why? Because here there are mountains, valleys, and different plains, and the adhan, as you hear, what is this adhan that they broadcast called? Unified, Allahu Akbar! How can the adhan here be like there, up there?! They are not equal at all; therefore, we knew by experience that the adhan for 'Isha' here is delayed exactly half an hour, so our adhan was after the entry of the time for 'Isha' by a time; because there is no red twilight at all, the red twilight has set.
Let us stand now to pray.
The questioner : Excuse me, scholars.
The Shaykh : And we ask your permission to leave immediately after the 'Isha' prayer, if Allah wills.
The questioner : O Shaykh, excuse me regarding this topic, since it is very important in the religion, in Islam, as scholars, why don't you sit together—for example—and explain this matter to each other, so that it becomes known to everyone? I mean—for example—you sit with such-and-such a minister or with such-and-such a Shaykh, with such-and-such?
The student : Turn off the recorder.
The student: No.
The Shaykh : And what did you rely on when you denied the adhan?
The student : I denied the calendar or the time in the newspaper.
The Shaykh : And is the newspaper a jurist?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Fine, how did you rely on someone who is not a jurist?
The student : This means ... .
The Shaykh : Take a lesson now on the prayer times, a lesson.
The student : On the prayer times.
Another student: Where is Abu Islam?
The Shaykh : Let us start with our time now.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The time for 'Isha' begins when the time for Maghrib ends, not there; you need to look at the setting, you need to look at the sunset.
The student : It appears with the red twilight.
Another student: Where is the red twilight, do you see it here or there?
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the time for 'Isha' enters when the time for Maghrib ends. When does the time for Maghrib end? When the red twilight disappears. There is a school of thought that says: when the black twilight disappears, but what is established in the Sunnah is the disappearance of the red twilight. We observed for many long years, and we listened to the adhan that follows neither jurisprudence nor the "Ruznamah" and the calendar, and from a high place, because my house is on a mountain and I see the rising of the sun and the setting of the sun, and I see the red twilight when it begins to spread with the setting of the sun, and it spreads and spreads, then it begins to fade and fade until it disappears. So, with the setting of the red twilight, the time for Maghrib ended and the time for 'Isha' entered. Therefore, what we observed for many long years in this country—and in other countries, which we do not need to mention now—they call the adhan for 'Isha' here half an hour after the setting of the red twilight, exactly half an hour.
The student : Even we have a Shaykh.
The Shaykh : After 'Isha' comes the time for Fajr, and this time is more dangerous regarding the performance of the Fajr prayer, the prayer of Fajr. They call the adhan before the prayer, excuse me, before the entry of the true Fajr by half an hour or twenty-five minutes, and I am in my house hearing the iqamah with the rising of the true Fajr, the iqamah, and they called the adhan at least twenty-five minutes before. All of this is contrary to the Shari'ah timing.
We come to the Zuhr. They call the adhan for Zuhr at the time of dislike and the time of prohibition of prayer when the sun is in the middle of the sky. After a quarter of an hour or a little more, the time for Zuhr enters. The time for 'Asr, they call the adhan exactly, the time for 'Asr they call the adhan exactly, and the time for Maghrib they call the adhan before, excuse me, after the setting of the sun by eight minutes, eight minutes. Four times are not Shari'ah, only the time for 'Asr is Shari'ah. And we saw with our own eyes this in some areas, the adhan for Maghrib with the loudspeaker and the sun has not set yet, exactly the opposite; why? Because here there are mountains, valleys, and different plains, and the adhan, as you hear, what is this adhan that they broadcast called? Unified, Allahu Akbar! How can the adhan here be like there, up there?! They are not equal at all; therefore, we knew by experience that the adhan for 'Isha' here is delayed exactly half an hour, so our adhan was after the entry of the time for 'Isha' by a time; because there is no red twilight at all, the red twilight has set.
Let us stand now to pray.
The questioner : Excuse me, scholars.
The Shaykh : And we ask your permission to leave immediately after the 'Isha' prayer, if Allah wills.
The questioner : O Shaykh, excuse me regarding this topic, since it is very important in the religion, in Islam, as scholars, why don't you sit together—for example—and explain this matter to each other, so that it becomes known to everyone? I mean—for example—you sit with such-and-such a minister or with such-and-such a Shaykh, with such-and-such?
The student : Turn off the recorder.
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