The ruling on praying after the radio announces the time has entered
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Question:
The first message in this episode is one that reached the program from Tabuk, sent by the listener Mustafa Yasin Ahmad Khalifa, a Sudanese resident in Tabuk, as he states in his message. He has two questions in this message. The first question asks: If a person prays along with the radio, provided the time coincides between the place of the prayer and the location from which the prayer is being broadcast, knowing that the person praying is in a distant place where there are no people, is his prayer considered valid in this situation?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
It is obligatory for every believer, male and female, to ascertain the time and to take the necessary measures. Once he is certain of the time, or it becomes probable in his mind that the time has entered based on the means he relies upon, he should pray, whether through the radio or otherwise. If he hears the adhan from the radio while in a distant location, and the time is the same and does not change, and the radio has been tested for truthfulness and is known to broadcast the truth, then it is probable, and there is no harm in praying. If he is doubtful about it and does not have what makes him believe the radio is truthful, he should resort to other methods: he should check the time and ask people of expertise. If it is the time for Dhuhr, he asks if the sun has passed its zenith; if it is Asr, he asks if the shadow of every object has become equal to its length, until the time has entered; if it is Maghrib, he asks if the sun has set; if it is Isha, he asks if the red twilight has disappeared; if it is Fajr, he checks if the dawn has appeared. He should look and ask people of trust until he prays with knowledge, either with certainty or with a strong probability based on foundations and signs.
As for the radio alone, it is not sufficient if he does not have a belief that justifies relying on it. The radio may be run by people who are not trustworthy. If the radio has been tested for truthfulness, and it is known to ascertain the time and broadcast the truth, or to broadcast on behalf of a person who ascertains the time—so you hear his voice saying, “This is the adhan for Dhuhr,” or “the adhan for Maghrib,” or “the adhan for Isha,” and he is trustworthy and known to you—then there is no harm in that.
The bottom line is that the criterion is trust, either through certainty or through a strong probability, whether via the radio or otherwise, so that you do not pray except with knowledge. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The first message in this episode is one that reached the program from Tabuk, sent by the listener Mustafa Yasin Ahmad Khalifa, a Sudanese resident in Tabuk, as he states in his message. He has two questions in this message. The first question asks: If a person prays along with the radio, provided the time coincides between the place of the prayer and the location from which the prayer is being broadcast, knowing that the person praying is in a distant place where there are no people, is his prayer considered valid in this situation?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
It is obligatory for every believer, male and female, to ascertain the time and to take the necessary measures. Once he is certain of the time, or it becomes probable in his mind that the time has entered based on the means he relies upon, he should pray, whether through the radio or otherwise. If he hears the adhan from the radio while in a distant location, and the time is the same and does not change, and the radio has been tested for truthfulness and is known to broadcast the truth, then it is probable, and there is no harm in praying. If he is doubtful about it and does not have what makes him believe the radio is truthful, he should resort to other methods: he should check the time and ask people of expertise. If it is the time for Dhuhr, he asks if the sun has passed its zenith; if it is Asr, he asks if the shadow of every object has become equal to its length, until the time has entered; if it is Maghrib, he asks if the sun has set; if it is Isha, he asks if the red twilight has disappeared; if it is Fajr, he checks if the dawn has appeared. He should look and ask people of trust until he prays with knowledge, either with certainty or with a strong probability based on foundations and signs.
As for the radio alone, it is not sufficient if he does not have a belief that justifies relying on it. The radio may be run by people who are not trustworthy. If the radio has been tested for truthfulness, and it is known to ascertain the time and broadcast the truth, or to broadcast on behalf of a person who ascertains the time—so you hear his voice saying, “This is the adhan for Dhuhr,” or “the adhan for Maghrib,” or “the adhan for Isha,” and he is trustworthy and known to you—then there is no harm in that.
The bottom line is that the criterion is trust, either through certainty or through a strong probability, whether via the radio or otherwise, so that you do not pray except with knowledge. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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