Is it permissible to pray asr salaah during the last 20 minutes between asr and maghrib?

Published as Delaying the Asr Salaah

· 18 Jumada II 1439 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to pray asr salaah during the last 20 minutes between asr and maghrib? (If I didn’t deliberately delay it).

Answer

Yes, however it is makrooh to delay it till this time.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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