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How much time can female spend outside after sun set?

· 30 Rabiʻ I 1433 AH1 min readFatwa 19787English

Question

When is the time for Maghrib.

How much time can female spend outside after sun set?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu `alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The time for Maghrib salat commences immediately after sunset and extends until the whiteness (white twilight) remains in the sky.[i]

It is makruh to delay Maghrib salat until many stars begin to appear in the sky. (Bahishti Zewar; pg. 133; Zam Zam Publishers; Ed 2005)

In principle a woman should remain in the home. If she has a valid Shari’ah reason to leave her home, she may leave her home while adhering to the laws of hijab. If she undertakes a journey of 48 miles or more she should be accompanied by her mahram, (male with whom marriage is prohibited).[ii]

And Allah knows best.

Mawlana Saeed Ahmed Golaub

Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies

Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] 164- حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي المَغْرِبَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَوَارَتْ بِالحِجَابِ» . وَفِي البَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَرَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ، وَأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، وَعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ، [ص:305] وَحَدِيثُ العَبَّاسِ قَدْ رُوِيَ مَوْقُوفًا عَنْهُ وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ. حَدِيثُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ العِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ، اخْتَارُوا تَعْجِيلَ صَلَاةِ المَغْرِبِ، وَكَرِهُوا تَأْخِيرَهَا، حَتَّى قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ العِلْمِ: لَيْسَ لِصَلَاةِ المَغْرِبِ إِلَّا وَقْتٌ وَاحِدٌ وَذَهَبُوا إِلَى حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَيْثُ صَلَّى بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ المُبَارَكِ، وَالشَّافِعِيِّ "(سنن الترمذى ج 1 ص42)

[ii] (قَوْلُهُ فِي سَفَرٍ) هُوَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهَا فَيُبَاحُ لَهَا الْخُرُوجُ إلَى مَا دُونَهُ لِحَاجَةٍ بِغَيْرِ مَحْرَمٍ بَحْرٌ، وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَأَبِي يُوسُفَ كَرَاهَةُ خُرُوجِهَا وَحْدَهَا مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ الْفَتْوَى عَلَيْهِ لِفَسَادِ الزَّمَانِ شَرْحُ اللُّبَابِ وَيُؤَيِّدُهُ حَدِيثُ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرَأَةٍ تُؤْمِنُ بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ تُسَافِرَ مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ إلَّا مَعَ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ عَلَيْهَا»(رد المختار ج2 ص464)

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