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Time of Esha Salaah

· 9 Safar 1435 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Nowadays we use a prayer time chart but we hear from Darul Uloom Deobond that this is not accurate and they quote a hadith that for calculating the time of Esha salah we have to calculate the time difference between the rising and setting of the moon in every 3rd day of the current lunar month. Suppose the difference is 1 hr 47 minute then Esha will be 1 hr 47 minuets after Magrib for the same complete month and the process will continue. What is the truth?

Answer

We are not acquainted with this. What we are acquainted with is the white twilight that appears in the western horizon. Once this light has disappeared then the Esha salaah time sets in. For further details refer to http://muftionline.co.za/node/2211

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

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وأول وقت المغرب إذا غربت الشمس وآخر وقتها مالم يغب الشفق وقال الشافعي رحمه الله مقدار ما يصلى فيه ثلاث ركعات لأن جبريل عليه السلام أم في اليومين في وقت واحد ولنا قوله عليه الصلاة والسلام أول وقت المغرب حين تغرب الشمس وآخر وقتها حين يغيب الشفق وما رواه كان للتحرز عن الكراهة ثم الشفق هو البياض الذي في الأفق بعد الحمرة عند أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى وعندهما هو الحمرة وهو رواية عن أبي حنيفة وهو قول الشافعي لقوله عليه الصلاة والسلام الشفق الحمرة ولأبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى قوله عليه الصلاة والسلام وآخر وقت المغرب إذا اسود الأفق وما رواه موقوف على ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما ذكره مالك رحمه الله في الموطأ وفيه اختلاف الصحابة وأول وقت العشاء إذا غاب الشفق (الهداية 1/ 81-82)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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