The Time of the Last Third of the Night
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Question:
Our sister says: We ask you to clarify for us the time of the last third of the night in hours?
Answer:
The last third varies according to the length or shortness of the night. If the night is nine hours, for example, then the third of the night begins from... the seventh, eighth, and ninth; this is the third of the night. And if the night is twelve hours, then the last third of the night begins from the ninth hour, and so on for this time. Now, the night is approximately eleven hours, so the last third begins at seven and a third, leaving four hours minus a third. That is, by sunset time, and by noon time, if four hours minus a third remain, then this is the time of the last third; because the night is now eleven hours, and its third is four hours minus a third. So if four hours minus a third remain of the night, then this is the last third. And now the adhan is called at approximately five o'clock, five hours, so...
The presenter : Do you mean the time of recording this episode?
The Shaykh : Now, I mean: in this night, the night of the sixth of Sha'ban. This night is the sixth of Sha'ban, and it is now eleven hours, so the third begins now at seven and a third. The last third begins now at one and a third; because by sunset time, the Fajr adhan is called at five o'clock, so the last third begins at one o'clock and a third, and four hours minus a third remain. This is the time, this last third. And in any case, it varies according to the length or shortness of the night at every time. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. So, does the timing vary from spring to winter to autumn to summer?
The Shaykh : According to the variation of the night, according to the variation of the night. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Our sister says: We ask you to clarify for us the time of the last third of the night in hours?
Answer:
The last third varies according to the length or shortness of the night. If the night is nine hours, for example, then the third of the night begins from... the seventh, eighth, and ninth; this is the third of the night. And if the night is twelve hours, then the last third of the night begins from the ninth hour, and so on for this time. Now, the night is approximately eleven hours, so the last third begins at seven and a third, leaving four hours minus a third. That is, by sunset time, and by noon time, if four hours minus a third remain, then this is the time of the last third; because the night is now eleven hours, and its third is four hours minus a third. So if four hours minus a third remain of the night, then this is the last third. And now the adhan is called at approximately five o'clock, five hours, so...
The presenter : Do you mean the time of recording this episode?
The Shaykh : Now, I mean: in this night, the night of the sixth of Sha'ban. This night is the sixth of Sha'ban, and it is now eleven hours, so the third begins now at seven and a third. The last third begins now at one and a third; because by sunset time, the Fajr adhan is called at five o'clock, so the last third begins at one o'clock and a third, and four hours minus a third remain. This is the time, this last third. And in any case, it varies according to the length or shortness of the night at every time. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. So, does the timing vary from spring to winter to autumn to summer?
The Shaykh : According to the variation of the night, according to the variation of the night. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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