Is the Maghrib prayer hastened?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, because there are hadiths stating that the best time is the beginning of the time.
The questioner : One should pray the Maghrib prayer when it becomes obligatory, and in another hadith...
The Shaykh : This is regarding hastening the prayer. However, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), "Pray before the Maghrib," three times, and his saying in the third instance, "for whoever wishes," indicates that there is an opportunity between the setting of the sun and the iqamah. However, the prayer he prays should be light. Some scholars answered that his saying, "when it becomes obligatory," means that a person preparing for the prayer after the time has entered is considered to be in the state of prayer, because this completes its conditions, pillars, or obligations. In any case, the best is to hasten, but there is no harm in lightening it.
The Shaykh : No, because there are hadiths stating that the best time is the beginning of the time.
The questioner : One should pray the Maghrib prayer when it becomes obligatory, and in another hadith...
The Shaykh : This is regarding hastening the prayer. However, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), "Pray before the Maghrib," three times, and his saying in the third instance, "for whoever wishes," indicates that there is an opportunity between the setting of the sun and the iqamah. However, the prayer he prays should be light. Some scholars answered that his saying, "when it becomes obligatory," means that a person preparing for the prayer after the time has entered is considered to be in the state of prayer, because this completes its conditions, pillars, or obligations. In any case, the best is to hasten, but there is no harm in lightening it.