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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does the reason for delaying the prayer due to heat disappear with the presence of air conditioners?

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Question:
The author mentioned that the wisdom behind delaying the cooling of the Zuhr prayer is to break the heat, but in these days, air conditioners are abundant?

Answer:
This is the principle:
When it is very hot, then wait for it to cool down before you pray, for intense heat is from the flaring up of the Hell-fire.إذا اشتدَّ الحرُّ فأبردوا بالصلاة، فإنَّ شدَّة الحرِّ من فَيح جهنم
Sunan Ibn Majah 677Sahih (Darussalam)
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Q: Air conditioners have become very common now?
A: Even so; because the roads are affected by the heat, and when one goes out on the roads and the sun is strong, one is affected; heat after cold, and cold after heat; one is affected.
Q: But Shaykh, from the perspective of the adhan: if, for example, the adhan is called, does it disturb the mosques?
A: In any case, if they agree to delay the adhan, that is better. The Sunnah is to delay the adhan. But if they do not delay it, they delay the iqamah. However, the Sunnah is also to delay the adhan; because when people hear the adhan, they move. So the Sunnah is to delay it. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when traveling, when the mu'adhdhin wanted to call the adhan, he said:
Cool down, cool down, cool down.أبرد، أبرد، أبرد
, and he kept saying to him:
Delayأبرد
until we saw the shadow of the dunes, then he ordered him to call the adhan.
Q: And if the times are fixed – the time of the adhan – for them to cool down?
A: No, if they are fixed, they comply; because this causes disagreement and contention, so their agreement is better than contention.
Q: Is there a hadith that Hell is kindled at this time?
A: It is authentic, and this is another reason, the kindling of Hell, and what is in it of ease for the Muslims and performing the prayer with a humble heart. So the intensity of the heat is from the kindling of Hell, and the intensity of the heat is treated by cooling down. The news about the reasons for the kindling of Hell is news about the reasons for the intensity of the heat.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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