We pray the Fajr prayer before its time enters in our country, so should we pray with the congregation or what should we do?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : We pray the Fajr prayer outside its time, meaning before the time enters in our country, so should we pray with the congregation or what should we do?
The Shaykh : Yes, praying before its time is invalid and rejected, because Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:103] and the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) specified it, defining it with known limits by perception so that no one has an excuse. So whoever prays it before its time enters, it is rejected back to him, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 1718b It is obligatory for these people who pray before the time to fear Allah and not to pray until the dawn becomes clear.
And if they are unable to do that, then it is looked into: if their absence from praying with the people causes them harm or fitnah, then let them attend the mosque and pray with the intention of a voluntary prayer, not with the intention of the obligatory prayer. Because, for example, in a country, if one of the people misses the Fajr prayer and says that you are praying before its time, he might be subjected to harm and injury, or perhaps fitnah and division might occur among the people, and it might lead to the use of weapons.
So in such a case, we say: Praise be to Allah, the matter is broad. Attend and intend what? A voluntary prayer. And when the dawn appears, pray the obligatory prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, praying before its time is invalid and rejected, because Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إن الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابا موقوتاHe who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردAnd if they are unable to do that, then it is looked into: if their absence from praying with the people causes them harm or fitnah, then let them attend the mosque and pray with the intention of a voluntary prayer, not with the intention of the obligatory prayer. Because, for example, in a country, if one of the people misses the Fajr prayer and says that you are praying before its time, he might be subjected to harm and injury, or perhaps fitnah and division might occur among the people, and it might lead to the use of weapons.
So in such a case, we say: Praise be to Allah, the matter is broad. Attend and intend what? A voluntary prayer. And when the dawn appears, pray the obligatory prayer. Yes.