Ruling on praying the Fajr prayer one hour and twenty minutes before the sunrise

Question:
From Syria, this is a message sent by a listener from there. He says, Muhammad Sa'id Ahmad from Syria, asks in two questions:
His first question says: The Fajr adhan is called in our area one hour and forty minutes before the sunrise, and we pray the Fajr prayer about twenty minutes after the adhan, meaning one hour and twenty minutes before the sunrise. Is our prayer in accordance with the Sunnah?

Answer:
Yes. The prayer is valid, if Allah wills; because the general rule is that the time between the sunrise and the dawn is about an hour and a half. However, if you delay and pray one hour or an hour and five minutes before the sunrise, that is more cautious and better. The adhan being called one hour and forty minutes before the sunrise is too early and is an adhan before the time. If it were delayed and the adhan was called about an hour and a half before the sunrise, that would be more cautious regarding the entry of the time. The point is that it is prescribed for the believer to be certain of the time and not to hasten in his prayer until he is certain of the time. So if the prayer is before the time, one hour or so before the sunrise, that is more cautious. An hour and five minutes, or an hour and ten minutes, is more cautious for performing the prayer in its time; because the general rule is that the time between the sunrise and the dawn is about an hour and a half, or an hour and a half minus five minutes, or something close to that. So the believer should be cautious in this matter and not hasten, neither in the adhan nor in the prayer. So delaying is more cautious. Yes, in such a case. Yes.

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