Is the Fajr adhan called before its time in this country?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, there has been a lot of talk about the Fajr adhan being called before its time.
The Shaykh : Here, you mean?
The questioner : And even in our country, certainly in some countries, but here there has been a lot of talk that it is called before Fajr. So if you find a mosque that calls the iqamah five minutes or more after the prayer, should you pray behind them, or is it better not to pray?
The Shaykh : What appears to me, according to what some of the astronomical brothers have calculated, is that there are five minutes between the current timing in Makkah al-Mukarramah and the appearance of Fajr, and here in Unaizah, it appears that they delay by five minutes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, it is obligatory to be cautious. If you doubt whether the time has entered, do not pray. Pray in the other mosque.
The questioner : And if you are certain, as in our case?
The Shaykh : Certain of what?
The questioner : That the adhan is called twenty full minutes before the time.
The Shaykh : Then they call the iqamah after ten minutes?
The questioner : Did you observe the true Fajr and find it to be twenty full minutes?
The Shaykh : Then they call the iqamah after ten minutes?
The questioner : No, if they call the iqamah ten minutes after the adhan, here it is certainly before the time.
The Shaykh : Yes, do not pray with them. It is not permissible to pray with them. Yes.
The Shaykh : Here, you mean?
The questioner : And even in our country, certainly in some countries, but here there has been a lot of talk that it is called before Fajr. So if you find a mosque that calls the iqamah five minutes or more after the prayer, should you pray behind them, or is it better not to pray?
The Shaykh : What appears to me, according to what some of the astronomical brothers have calculated, is that there are five minutes between the current timing in Makkah al-Mukarramah and the appearance of Fajr, and here in Unaizah, it appears that they delay by five minutes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, it is obligatory to be cautious. If you doubt whether the time has entered, do not pray. Pray in the other mosque.
The questioner : And if you are certain, as in our case?
The Shaykh : Certain of what?
The questioner : That the adhan is called twenty full minutes before the time.
The Shaykh : Then they call the iqamah after ten minutes?
The questioner : Did you observe the true Fajr and find it to be twenty full minutes?
The Shaykh : Then they call the iqamah after ten minutes?
The questioner : No, if they call the iqamah ten minutes after the adhan, here it is certainly before the time.
The Shaykh : Yes, do not pray with them. It is not permissible to pray with them. Yes.