If you are in a place where the people always pray Fajr at daybreak and 'Asr when the shadow of an object is twice its length?
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The questioner : If you are in a town where the people consistently pray Fajr at daybreak and pray 'Asr when the shadow of an object becomes twice its length, consistently.
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the first group, pray with them, pray with them, because they pray before the time expires. As for the second group, do not pray with them, because they do not pray until the time of choice has passed. Therefore, in this issue, one cannot exercise choice, because if you take the precaution of the majority, your prayer is invalid according to those who say that its time does not enter until the shadow of every object becomes twice its length. And if you take the precaution of those people, you are not taking the precaution according to the majority. Oh people, it is a problem now: if you advance before the shadow of every object becomes twice its length, the others say your prayer is invalid; and if you delay, the others say your prayer is invalid and forbidden.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, is not the original principle the continuation of what was, since the time has not entered? Why do we not say we delay until we take the precaution?
The Shaykh : All acts of worship... let there be a rule for you, and this is an issue regarding time. Even the school of thought that sees the necessity of certainty in the issue of prayers, in the issue of doubt regarding the number of prayer units, even in this, one prays according to the preponderance of probability.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And it is.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... or in the presence of an invalidator. The hadith of Abu Hurayrah regarding the one who doubts about the state of ritual impurity: this is one who doubts the presence of an invalidator, and the original principle is the continuation of the act of worship. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. We wrote that the word "dawn" is conjoined to a verbal clause, as if Allah...
The Shaykh : Yes, the author abbreviated the hadith. The author of Bulugh al-Maram abbreviated the hadith. These are hadiths that, if they were presented in full, would become long. It was: he used to pray thus and thus. Yes, Yahya.
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the first group, pray with them, pray with them, because they pray before the time expires. As for the second group, do not pray with them, because they do not pray until the time of choice has passed. Therefore, in this issue, one cannot exercise choice, because if you take the precaution of the majority, your prayer is invalid according to those who say that its time does not enter until the shadow of every object becomes twice its length. And if you take the precaution of those people, you are not taking the precaution according to the majority. Oh people, it is a problem now: if you advance before the shadow of every object becomes twice its length, the others say your prayer is invalid; and if you delay, the others say your prayer is invalid and forbidden.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, is not the original principle the continuation of what was, since the time has not entered? Why do we not say we delay until we take the precaution?
The Shaykh : All acts of worship... let there be a rule for you, and this is an issue regarding time. Even the school of thought that sees the necessity of certainty in the issue of prayers, in the issue of doubt regarding the number of prayer units, even in this, one prays according to the preponderance of probability.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And it is.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... or in the presence of an invalidator. The hadith of Abu Hurayrah regarding the one who doubts about the state of ritual impurity: this is one who doubts the presence of an invalidator, and the original principle is the continuation of the act of worship. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. We wrote that the word "dawn" is conjoined to a verbal clause, as if Allah...
The Shaykh : Yes, the author abbreviated the hadith. The author of Bulugh al-Maram abbreviated the hadith. These are hadiths that, if they were presented in full, would become long. It was: he used to pray thus and thus. Yes, Yahya.