The Shaykh spoke about the ruling on the times written in calendars or books.
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The Shaykh : If the timing is in accordance with the Shari'ah timing, or like books of hadith and fiqh and others.
The questioner : But now, I mean, they rely on these timings and no longer look at the sun to see if it has set or not.
The Shaykh : You did not answer me, did you hear what I said?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What did I say?
The questioner : Is it in accordance, I mean, is its timing in accordance?
The Shaykh : No, I said if, I said if this timing or these times listed in the calendar or in a book are like the writing of hadiths and fiqh in books, if they are in accordance with the Shari'ah timing, this means no.
The questioner : But Shaykh, now they, I mean, they advance the Fajr 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 accordance, you are saying it is not in accordance, so what is the problem? I am informing you of this better than you inform 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 Fajr when... and they call the adhan before Fajr by about twenty-five minutes to half an hour, and the prayer is established in the mosque near me with the appearance of Fajr, meaning after half an hour. The establishment of the prayer, they enter the prayer with the appearance of Fajr, meaning they pray the Sunnah of Fajr long before the time. And so I did, and this is from the favor of Allah upon me and many of us, before I was afflicted with pain in the knee, I would go down with the Fajr adhan that they call, meaning about half an hour before the Shari'ah adhan, I would get in my car and pass by some of our brothers, I would fill the car with as many passengers as it could hold, our brothers, and we would go to a mosque. I am in East Amman and the mosque is in West Amman, in order to pray behind an imam whose creed is Salafi, whose prayer is according to the Sunnah, and so on, and after it has become clear that Fajr has appeared. And so we have news in Kuwait about Fajr, they pray Fajr before the time, and news from Morocco, Shaykh Taqi al-Din al-Hilali (may Allah have mercy on him), who was a professor at the Islamic University, wrote a treatise on this issue and it is printed. And about two years ago, I was also informed that we have a man in Ta'if who also says that they call the Fajr adhan before the time. And we have in Amman in Ramadan, problems arose regarding them calling the adhan after Maghrib in Ramadan like other days, but we specify Ramadan because it is... after the setting of the sun. And I see it as I see the appearance of Fajr and the rising of the sun, I also see the setting of the sun with my own eyes. The sun sets, so 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 the adhan 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 observes the difference in horizons that if the sun sets for me ten minutes before their adhan, do you think it is not for those who were in the valley? Before twenty-five, fifteen, and twenty minutes at least. All of this is because of the astronomical timing present in these calendars and almanacs. But if it is, why did I tell you and draw your attention time after time, if it is in accordance with the Shari'ah, then there is nothing wrong with it, like any book that contains what is in accordance with the Shari'ah, so recording it in it facilitates things for people to know the times. But the reality is that these times are astronomical times. And so now you hear on your radio that it is now the time for the 'Isha adhan, where? Or Maghrib in Riyadh, taking into account the difference in what are the times in other countries? Who takes that into account?
No one takes it into account now... because the mu'adhdhins, yes?
The questioner : The jurist takes it into account.
The Shaykh : Okay, the jurist, the mu'adhdhins do not know the Shari'ah times. 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 times, but take it upon them that this timing is an error, it is not Shari'ah.
The questioner : But now, I mean, they rely on these timings and no longer look at the sun to see if it has set or not.
The Shaykh : You did not answer me, did you hear what I said?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What did I say?
The questioner : Is it in accordance, I mean, is its timing in accordance?
The Shaykh : No, I said if, I said if this timing or these times listed in the calendar or in a book are like the writing of hadiths and fiqh in books, if they are in accordance with the Shari'ah timing, this means no.
The questioner : But Shaykh, now they, I mean, they advance the Fajr 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 accordance, you are saying it is not in accordance, so what is the problem? I am informing you of this better than you inform 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 Fajr when... and they call the adhan before Fajr by about twenty-five minutes to half an hour, and the prayer is established in the mosque near me with the appearance of Fajr, meaning after half an hour. The establishment of the prayer, they enter the prayer with the appearance of Fajr, meaning they pray the Sunnah of Fajr long before the time. And so I did, and this is from the favor of Allah upon me and many of us, before I was afflicted with pain in the knee, I would go down with the Fajr adhan that they call, meaning about half an hour before the Shari'ah adhan, I would get in my car and pass by some of our brothers, I would fill the car with as many passengers as it could hold, our brothers, and we would go to a mosque. I am in East Amman and the mosque is in West Amman, in order to pray behind an imam whose creed is Salafi, whose prayer is according to the Sunnah, and so on, and after it has become clear that Fajr has appeared. And so we have news in Kuwait about Fajr, they pray Fajr before the time, and news from Morocco, Shaykh Taqi al-Din al-Hilali (may Allah have mercy on him), who was a professor at the Islamic University, wrote a treatise on this issue and it is printed. And about two years ago, I was also informed that we have a man in Ta'if who also says that they call the Fajr adhan before the time. And we have in Amman in Ramadan, problems arose regarding them calling the adhan after Maghrib in Ramadan like other days, but we specify Ramadan because it is... after the setting of the sun. And I see it as I see the appearance of Fajr and the rising of the sun, I also see the setting of the sun with my own eyes. The sun sets, so 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 the adhan 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 observes the difference in horizons that if the sun sets for me ten minutes before their adhan, do you think it is not for those who were in the valley? Before twenty-five, fifteen, and twenty minutes at least. All of this is because of the astronomical timing present in these calendars and almanacs. But if it is, why did I tell you and draw your attention time after time, if it is in accordance with the Shari'ah, then there is nothing wrong with it, like any book that contains what is in accordance with the Shari'ah, so recording it in it facilitates things for people to know the times. But the reality is that these times are astronomical times. And so now you hear on your radio that it is now the time for the 'Isha adhan, where? Or Maghrib in Riyadh, taking into account the difference in what are the times in other countries? Who takes that into account?
No one takes it into account now... because the mu'adhdhins, yes?
The questioner : The jurist takes it into account.
The Shaykh : Okay, the jurist, the mu'adhdhins do not know the Shari'ah times. 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 times, but take it upon them that this timing is an error, it is not Shari'ah.