Daily Prayers
Lesson Two
FIQH OF (THE 5 DAILY) NAMAZ
TIMES
The times of the obligatory prayers
|
Prayer |
Beginning Time |
Ending Time |
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Fajr |
True dawn: (is the whiteness that appears from the east and spreads throughout the horizon) |
sunrise |
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Zohr |
Midday…After Zawwal (when the sun begins to descend) |
When Asr time begins |
|
Asr |
When the shadow reaches twice the length of an object its original shadow of noon |
Sunset |
|
Maghrib |
After sunset |
When Isha time begins |
|
Isha |
When the astronomical twilight disappears (disappearance of whiteness in the sky) In the summer months- (disappearance of redness in the sky) |
The beginning of Fajr time |
The rakaats to be prayed for each prayer
|
No of rakats |
Sunnah (M/GM) |
Fardh |
Sunnah (M/GM) |
Nafl |
Witr waajib |
nafl |
|
|
Fajr |
4 |
2 (M) |
2 |
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Zohr |
12 |
4(M) |
4 |
2(M) |
2 |
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Asr |
8 |
4(GM) |
4 |
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Maghrib |
7 |
3 |
2(M) |
2 |
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Isha |
17 |
4(GM) |
4 |
2(M) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
M: muakidah
GM: Ghair Muakidah
Prohibitively disliked times for all prayers
1. 20 mins after sunrise
2. midday ( zawwal)
3. 20 mins before sunset (the exception is the current Asr Prayer, if someone hasn’t prayed their Asr namaz yet and the time has gone into the last 20mins before maghrib, they have to pray within the prohibitively disliked time, but leaving it till this long without any valid Islamic shar’i reason is extremely disliked and sinful).
Disliked times for Nafl Prayers
1. during the time of the Khutba (on Jum’aa day/ eid day)
2. before the fajr prayer
3. after the Fajr prayer until 20 mins after sunrise
4. after asr prayer until Maghrib time
Note: make up prayers ( qaza) are not disliked in points 2-4 above, only disliked during a formal Khutba ( on Jum’aa day/ eid day).