Mentioning the times of the five prayers with evidence.
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The Shaykh : The five prayers are timed with known times for their beginning and end, as indicated by the texts of the Book and the Sunnah.
As for the Book, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Isra 17:78]. The setting of the sun means: its departure. And the darkness of the night means: its darkness. The night is at its darkest at midnight. - Pay attention - . The setting of the sun means what? Its departure. The darkness of the night is its darkness, and the night is at its darkest at midnight because at that time the sun is at its farthest from the surface of the earth. Good. So the time mentioned in this verse is from midday to midnight. This time that Allah has defined, from midday to midnight, includes the times of four prayers, which are Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Isha'.
They were gathered in one time because their times are consecutive with no separation between them, from the time the time of Zuhr enters until the time of 'Isha exits, and the times are connected to one another.
The time of Zuhr is from the departure of the sun until the shadow of every thing becomes equal to it. The time of 'Asr is from that time until the sun sets, but it is not permissible to delay it until the sun turns yellow. The time of Maghrib is from the setting of the sun until the disappearance of the red twilight. The time of 'Isha is from the disappearance of the red twilight to midnight.
What is after midnight is not a time for the prayer of 'Isha, because in the verse Allah separated the dawn from the rest of the times, and He said:[Al-Isra 17:78].
The hadiths are explicit that the time of 'Isha is until midnight. Accordingly, the second half of the night is not a time for the obligatory prayers, and the first half of the day is not a time for the obligatory prayers, because the time of Fajr ends with the rising of the sun, so what is between the rising of the sun and its departure is not a time for the obligatory prayers.
As for the Book, Allah the Exalted said:
Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn
أقم الصلاة لدلوك الشمس إلى غسق الليل وقرآن الفجرThey were gathered in one time because their times are consecutive with no separation between them, from the time the time of Zuhr enters until the time of 'Isha exits, and the times are connected to one another.
The time of Zuhr is from the departure of the sun until the shadow of every thing becomes equal to it. The time of 'Asr is from that time until the sun sets, but it is not permissible to delay it until the sun turns yellow. The time of Maghrib is from the setting of the sun until the disappearance of the red twilight. The time of 'Isha is from the disappearance of the red twilight to midnight.
What is after midnight is not a time for the prayer of 'Isha, because in the verse Allah separated the dawn from the rest of the times, and He said:
until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn
إلى غسق الليل وقرآن الفجرThe hadiths are explicit that the time of 'Isha is until midnight. Accordingly, the second half of the night is not a time for the obligatory prayers, and the first half of the day is not a time for the obligatory prayers, because the time of Fajr ends with the rising of the sun, so what is between the rising of the sun and its departure is not a time for the obligatory prayers.