Estimating prayer and fasting in regions where the days are all daylight
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As for the Muslims who live in the northern hemisphere, what happens to them regarding the daytime hours in summer is that they become very long.
Do you live there?The questioner: No, Shaykh, I went there.
The Shaykh: And I lived with them.
The questioner: No, they asked me.
The Shaykh: How long did you stay with them?The questioner: I stayed for two weeks.
The Shaykh: What do you do?The questioner: I did not go to the same region, but I was in the south of it.
The Shaykh: You said you went to them now.
The questioner: No.
Those who live there asked me, and I met them in the south in the same country.
The Shaykh: And what did you say?The questioner: I did not issue a fatwa for them,I know, Shaykh, your fatwa, which is: that they should estimate it for him.
The Shaykh: I was not asked about my fatwa.
The questioner: I did not issue a fatwa for them.
The Shaykh: I said: I do not know.
The questioner: But I remember the fatwa, which is: estimate it for him, except that I was not able to determine this estimate.
The Shaykh: In any case, there is no doubt that they should estimate it for him; because when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke about the Dajjal, he said: (The first day is like a year,They said: O Messenger of Allah! Will one day's prayer suffice us in it?He said: No, estimate it for him) .
So on this basis, we say to these people: Estimate it for him, but what is the estimate?Some scholars say: It is estimated as half of half,Meaning: twenty-four hours are considered a day and a night, in which there are five prayers,And some of them say: they look at the nearest place to them that has night and day and they follow it,And some of them say: they refer to the time of Makkah in this matter; because Allah named it the Mother of Cities, so it is the mother and the reference point, and as long as it is difficult to act in the region, they refer to the original, which is the mother.
And the closest opinion to me among these three opinions: They should consider what is around them and follow it, as for fasting, if it is estimated that it causes them hardship and they cannot bear it, they break their fast and make up the fasting on other days.
As for the Muslims who live in the northern hemisphere, what happens to them regarding the daytime hours in summer is that they become very long.
Do you live there?The questioner: No, Shaykh, I went there.
The Shaykh: And I lived with them.
The questioner: No, they asked me.
The Shaykh: How long did you stay with them?The questioner: I stayed for two weeks.
The Shaykh: What do you do?The questioner: I did not go to the same region, but I was in the south of it.
The Shaykh: You said you went to them now.
The questioner: No.
Those who live there asked me, and I met them in the south in the same country.
The Shaykh: And what did you say?The questioner: I did not issue a fatwa for them,I know, Shaykh, your fatwa, which is: that they should estimate it for him.
The Shaykh: I was not asked about my fatwa.
The questioner: I did not issue a fatwa for them.
The Shaykh: I said: I do not know.
The questioner: But I remember the fatwa, which is: estimate it for him, except that I was not able to determine this estimate.
The Shaykh: In any case, there is no doubt that they should estimate it for him; because when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke about the Dajjal, he said: (The first day is like a year,They said: O Messenger of Allah! Will one day's prayer suffice us in it?He said: No, estimate it for him) .
So on this basis, we say to these people: Estimate it for him, but what is the estimate?Some scholars say: It is estimated as half of half,Meaning: twenty-four hours are considered a day and a night, in which there are five prayers,And some of them say: they look at the nearest place to them that has night and day and they follow it,And some of them say: they refer to the time of Makkah in this matter; because Allah named it the Mother of Cities, so it is the mother and the reference point, and as long as it is difficult to act in the region, they refer to the original, which is the mother.
And the closest opinion to me among these three opinions: They should consider what is around them and follow it, as for fasting, if it is estimated that it causes them hardship and they cannot bear it, they break their fast and make up the fasting on other days.