The Time of the Duha Prayer
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Regarding the prayer of Dhuha, when does its time end? Some have specified it as half an hour before the call to the midday prayer, while others extend it further. What is the criterion?
The time for the prayer of Dhuha begins when the sun has risen the height of a spear,Meaning: which is about a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour after its rising, until just before the sun reaches its zenith. Just before the zenith is approximately between ten minutes and five minutes only. This is because the shortest of the prohibited times is this time. This is according to the stronger opinion.And if some scholars say: The meaning of His saying: (when the sun sets for the evening) is: when it begins to set, when its disk starts to disappear until it is completely gone.But the correct view is that his saying: (when the sun sets for the evening) means: when the time remaining until its setting is the height of a spear, just as in the case of its rising.
The questioner: I recall, O Shaykh, that you mentioned regarding the sunrise that after the sun has risen the height of a spear, the time is determined to be between seven and ten minutes previously.
The Shaykh: Perhaps you forgot.
The questioner: Perhaps I forgot.
The Shaykh: Ten minutes is possible; but it is better that we increase it.
The time for the prayer of Dhuha begins when the sun has risen the height of a spear,Meaning: which is about a quarter of an hour or a third of an hour after its rising, until just before the sun reaches its zenith. Just before the zenith is approximately between ten minutes and five minutes only. This is because the shortest of the prohibited times is this time. This is according to the stronger opinion.And if some scholars say: The meaning of His saying: (when the sun sets for the evening) is: when it begins to set, when its disk starts to disappear until it is completely gone.But the correct view is that his saying: (when the sun sets for the evening) means: when the time remaining until its setting is the height of a spear, just as in the case of its rising.
The questioner: I recall, O Shaykh, that you mentioned regarding the sunrise that after the sun has risen the height of a spear, the time is determined to be between seven and ten minutes previously.
The Shaykh: Perhaps you forgot.
The questioner: Perhaps I forgot.
The Shaykh: Ten minutes is possible; but it is better that we increase it.