The prayer times they calculate now include the exact moment of sunset and the exact moment of midday, so why is it not permissible to act according to them?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... The prayer times are precisely regulated.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The prayer times according to the calculation they use now.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Precisely regulated means the exact moment of sunset and the exact moment of midday.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : The exact moment of sunset means.
The Shaykh : The exact moment of sunset.
The questioner : And likewise the exact moment of midday, so why is it not permissible to act according to them?
The Shaykh : So why?
The questioner : Is it not permissible to act according to the calculation?
The Shaykh : Yes, because acting according to the calculation may result in error. For example, the current calendar for Fajr is undoubtedly advanced. It has been established for us through multiple sources, even among the calculators themselves, that the current calendar for Fajr is at least five minutes early, and this is a problem.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... The prayer times are precisely regulated.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The prayer times according to the calculation they use now.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Precisely regulated means the exact moment of sunset and the exact moment of midday.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : The exact moment of sunset means.
The Shaykh : The exact moment of sunset.
The questioner : And likewise the exact moment of midday, so why is it not permissible to act according to them?
The Shaykh : So why?
The questioner : Is it not permissible to act according to the calculation?
The Shaykh : Yes, because acting according to the calculation may result in error. For example, the current calendar for Fajr is undoubtedly advanced. It has been established for us through multiple sources, even among the calculators themselves, that the current calendar for Fajr is at least five minutes early, and this is a problem.