When is it forbidden for women to delay the prayer?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, the times for the prayers are known by the adhan.
The Shaykh : No, it is not by the adhan.
The questioner : And the women.
The Shaykh : I say it is not by the adhan.
The questioner : The mu'adhdhins [call] on the time.
The Shaykh : Sometimes the adhan is called on the time, and sometimes it is delayed; he sleeps and it is delayed by a quarter of an hour. Or the clock deceives him and he is early. Or he is mistaken, looking at it quickly, and the adhan is, for example, at twelve, but he thinks it is twelve when it is eleven. And we have heard someone call the adhan, and during the adhan we heard people telling him over the microphone, "Look, there is still an hour, there is still an hour."
The questioner : But generally, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, the women delay the prayer; when is it forbidden for women to delay it?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you, the times for the prayers, praise be to Allah, are wide. The time for the midday prayer is from the entry of the midday time until the entry of the afternoon time. The afternoon prayer is from the entry of its time until the sun turns yellow, and the necessity extends until sunset. The sunset prayer is from the setting of the sun until the entry of the night prayer time. The night prayer is from the disappearance of the red twilight until the middle of the night. And the dawn prayer is from the appearance of the dawn until the rising of the sun; it is wide.
The Shaykh : No, it is not by the adhan.
The questioner : And the women.
The Shaykh : I say it is not by the adhan.
The questioner : The mu'adhdhins [call] on the time.
The Shaykh : Sometimes the adhan is called on the time, and sometimes it is delayed; he sleeps and it is delayed by a quarter of an hour. Or the clock deceives him and he is early. Or he is mistaken, looking at it quickly, and the adhan is, for example, at twelve, but he thinks it is twelve when it is eleven. And we have heard someone call the adhan, and during the adhan we heard people telling him over the microphone, "Look, there is still an hour, there is still an hour."
The questioner : But generally, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, the women delay the prayer; when is it forbidden for women to delay it?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you, the times for the prayers, praise be to Allah, are wide. The time for the midday prayer is from the entry of the midday time until the entry of the afternoon time. The afternoon prayer is from the entry of its time until the sun turns yellow, and the necessity extends until sunset. The sunset prayer is from the setting of the sun until the entry of the night prayer time. The night prayer is from the disappearance of the red twilight until the middle of the night. And the dawn prayer is from the appearance of the dawn until the rising of the sun; it is wide.