The ruling on the adhan before the time enters, as in some calendars
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We have heard that the current calendars advance the time by five minutes for the Fajr prayer or others. What is the advice in this matter?
The current calendar—the Umm al-Qura calendar—advances the time by five minutes for Fajr only. For prayers other than Fajr, there is nothing; it is a slight difference of either one or two minutes. Therefore, we see that it is obligatory for the imams to observe this in the Fajr adhan. They should delay it by five minutes. If they delay it by five minutes, it does no harm. So, if we assume the calendar is exactly on the time for Fajr, and a person delays by five minutes, it does no harm. But if he advances it by one minute, it is harmful.Because if you say in the adhan: Allahu Akbar before the time enters does not make the adhan valid. So, if a person watches the sun at sunset and calls the adhan while the sun’s disk is still like a crescent, his adhan is not valid because it was before the time. How much more so if he calls the adhan five minutes before the time? You find some people—for example—waiting for when the adhan is called, then praying immediately. This might be a sick person, a person who is sleepy, or a woman in confinement waiting for when the adhan is called. The important thing is for the mu'adhhdhins to delay the Fajr adhan by five minutes.
The questioner: And if he fears, O Shaykh, the talk of people, for example?The Shaykh: Five minutes will not lead to any talk; because it is not the case that the first of them calls the adhan and the last of them does. Currently, there is a ten-minute difference between some of the mu'adhhdhins. Then, my brother! The thing you do for Allah, you do not fear anyone else. You do it for Allah, so you do not fear anyone else.
The current calendar—the Umm al-Qura calendar—advances the time by five minutes for Fajr only. For prayers other than Fajr, there is nothing; it is a slight difference of either one or two minutes. Therefore, we see that it is obligatory for the imams to observe this in the Fajr adhan. They should delay it by five minutes. If they delay it by five minutes, it does no harm. So, if we assume the calendar is exactly on the time for Fajr, and a person delays by five minutes, it does no harm. But if he advances it by one minute, it is harmful.Because if you say in the adhan: Allahu Akbar before the time enters does not make the adhan valid. So, if a person watches the sun at sunset and calls the adhan while the sun’s disk is still like a crescent, his adhan is not valid because it was before the time. How much more so if he calls the adhan five minutes before the time? You find some people—for example—waiting for when the adhan is called, then praying immediately. This might be a sick person, a person who is sleepy, or a woman in confinement waiting for when the adhan is called. The important thing is for the mu'adhhdhins to delay the Fajr adhan by five minutes.
The questioner: And if he fears, O Shaykh, the talk of people, for example?The Shaykh: Five minutes will not lead to any talk; because it is not the case that the first of them calls the adhan and the last of them does. Currently, there is a ten-minute difference between some of the mu'adhhdhins. Then, my brother! The thing you do for Allah, you do not fear anyone else. You do it for Allah, so you do not fear anyone else.