In many mosques, the Fajr prayer is performed twenty-five minutes after the adhan, but some of the brothers mentioned that the dawn does not break until a period after the timetable.
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The questioner : The Fajr prayer is performed twenty-five minutes after the adhan in many mosques, but one of the brothers mentioned that the dawn does not break until a period that is not short after the timetable. Do you see, O honorable Shaykh, any reason to delay the prayer to, for example, forty-five minutes from the adhan so that we can be sure of the breaking of dawn?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the righteous, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. This question should be directed to those who prepare the timetable and determine the entry of the times. If they have known, or if it is most likely in their opinion, that the time has entered at the time they determined, then this timetable is to be followed. If they say: "We prepared it not with certainty and not with a strong likelihood, and this is far-fetched," I say this is far-fetched. A person acts on what is most likely in his opinion or what he is certain of regarding the entry of the time. The important thing is that such a matter depends on the correctness of what has been determined in this timetable. If it is correct, it is to be followed, and no attention is paid to the statements that are circulated in this matter or the like. If they say: "We did not have knowledge or a strong likelihood of what we prepared, but rather it is calculations that may err and may be correct," and I do not think they do that, if Allah wills, then a person acts on what is most likely in his opinion, and every person is accountable for himself. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The honorable Shaykh, the listener from Buraydah in the Qassim region says:
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the righteous, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. This question should be directed to those who prepare the timetable and determine the entry of the times. If they have known, or if it is most likely in their opinion, that the time has entered at the time they determined, then this timetable is to be followed. If they say: "We prepared it not with certainty and not with a strong likelihood, and this is far-fetched," I say this is far-fetched. A person acts on what is most likely in his opinion or what he is certain of regarding the entry of the time. The important thing is that such a matter depends on the correctness of what has been determined in this timetable. If it is correct, it is to be followed, and no attention is paid to the statements that are circulated in this matter or the like. If they say: "We did not have knowledge or a strong likelihood of what we prepared, but rather it is calculations that may err and may be correct," and I do not think they do that, if Allah wills, then a person acts on what is most likely in his opinion, and every person is accountable for himself. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The honorable Shaykh, the listener from Buraydah in the Qassim region says: