What is the ruling on one who prayed while in doubt about the entry of the prayer time, whether he is a follower or an imam?
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The questioner : The time had not yet arrived, so I entered the prayer intending a voluntary prayer. A little later, they asked how many days had passed since we entered? They told me: twelve. I said to them: Okay, so it is a quarter past, and twelve minutes is approximately a quarter of an hour. So now, we entered with the intention of a voluntary prayer, and now we have realized that the time has entered. Is this prayer considered a voluntary prayer or not?
The Shaykh : No, it is in the time of dislike.
The questioner : The time of dislike.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : No, we later found out that it was not in the time of dislike, but in its proper time.
The Shaykh : Are we talking about what happened after or before?
The questioner : Before the intention.
The Shaykh : Are we talking about what happened after or before?
The questioner : Before.
The Shaykh : Okay, so before, the time for the Dhuhr prayer had not entered.
The questioner : It was a suspicion.
The Shaykh : My brother, yes, it was a suspicion!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, if the time for the Dhuhr prayer had not entered, would it be a time of dislike or a time other than dislike?
The questioner : It is a time of dislike.
The Shaykh : Okay, and therefore this prayer is not valid.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : As for what came after, what is clear is not important.
The questioner : It is not important, yes. Okay, regarding Sami, my Shaykh, he performed ablution and returned, and he was certain that the time had entered now. So he entered with the intention of the obligatory prayer, and he was certain in his mind that the time had entered. Is the obligatory prayer counted for him?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is counted for him, because he entered thinking that the time had entered, and the imam likewise thought that it had entered. As for your case, it is not like that!
The questioner : Even if, yes, the imam thought that the time had entered.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, if the imam, meaning like the general public, like those who pray Fajr now, they indicate that this is the time, so he would say to you: No, we follow the Ministry of Awqaf. Is this acceptable?
The Shaykh : This returns to his personal conviction that these people’s statements are correct or not correct, because most people do not reason. We do not expect him to be right or wrong. So if he is convinced that, by Allah, we follow the Ministry of Awqaf, because he is not confident in a report against the Ministry of Awqaf.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So it is his intention and his purpose, meaning.
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The student : We, we are now repeating the prayer?
The Shaykh : How?
The student : I say we are repeating the prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, do you need anything?
The Shaykh : No, it is in the time of dislike.
The questioner : The time of dislike.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : No, we later found out that it was not in the time of dislike, but in its proper time.
The Shaykh : Are we talking about what happened after or before?
The questioner : Before the intention.
The Shaykh : Are we talking about what happened after or before?
The questioner : Before.
The Shaykh : Okay, so before, the time for the Dhuhr prayer had not entered.
The questioner : It was a suspicion.
The Shaykh : My brother, yes, it was a suspicion!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, if the time for the Dhuhr prayer had not entered, would it be a time of dislike or a time other than dislike?
The questioner : It is a time of dislike.
The Shaykh : Okay, and therefore this prayer is not valid.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : As for what came after, what is clear is not important.
The questioner : It is not important, yes. Okay, regarding Sami, my Shaykh, he performed ablution and returned, and he was certain that the time had entered now. So he entered with the intention of the obligatory prayer, and he was certain in his mind that the time had entered. Is the obligatory prayer counted for him?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is counted for him, because he entered thinking that the time had entered, and the imam likewise thought that it had entered. As for your case, it is not like that!
The questioner : Even if, yes, the imam thought that the time had entered.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Okay, if the imam, meaning like the general public, like those who pray Fajr now, they indicate that this is the time, so he would say to you: No, we follow the Ministry of Awqaf. Is this acceptable?
The Shaykh : This returns to his personal conviction that these people’s statements are correct or not correct, because most people do not reason. We do not expect him to be right or wrong. So if he is convinced that, by Allah, we follow the Ministry of Awqaf, because he is not confident in a report against the Ministry of Awqaf.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So it is his intention and his purpose, meaning.
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The student : We, we are now repeating the prayer?
The Shaykh : How?
The student : I say we are repeating the prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes, do you need anything?
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