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Some Forbidden Times To Pray
Islam Question and Answer - Times when it is forbidden to pray
Islam Question and Answer - Times when it is forbidden to offer voluntary prayers
From dawn until sunrise
From sunrise until the sun has risen to the height of a spear above the horizon; nowadays this is regarded as equivalent to twelve minutes after sunrise, but to be on the safe side one should make it a 15-20 mins.
When the sun is overhead at noon, until it has passed its zenith
After Asr prayer until sunset
When the sun starts to set until it is completely set
These times may be summed up more briefly as follows:
From dawn until the sun has risen to the height of a spear
When it is directly overhead at noon until it has passed its zenith
After Asr prayer until the sun has set completely.
Fajr:
When we say from dawn, we mean that one should not offer voluntary prayers after the adhaan of Fajr except the Sunnah of Fajr. This is the view of the Hanbalis.
The Shaafais are of the view that the prohibition has to do with Fajr prayer itself, so it is not forbidden to offer voluntary prayers between the adhaan and iqaamah, rather it is forbidden to offer voluntary prayers after offering the obligatory prayer of Fajr.
This is the more correct view, but one should not offer any voluntary prayer after dawn apart from the two Sunnah rakahs of Fajr, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) only prayed two brief rakahs after dawn had broken.
See al-Sharh al-Mumti by Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen, 4/160.
Zohar:
Approximately a quarter of an hour before the time for Zuhr prayer begins, until the time for Zuhr begins.
Asr:
After you have prayed Asr – even if it is an hour after the time for it began – until the disk of the sun has set completely. So the beginning of the time when prayer is forbidden is when one has prayed ‘Asr, not the beginning of the time for Asr prayer, because the Muslim may offer Asr prayer some time after the time for it begins. In that case the Muslim may offer voluntary prayers so long as he has not yet prayed Asr, even if the time for Asr has begun. Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Mughni (1/429): We do not know of any difference of opinion concerning that among those who say that prayer is not allowed after Asr. End quote.
This is indicated by the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (547) and Muslim (1367) from Ibn Abbaas, who said: Some trustworthy men bore witness in my presence, the most trustworthy of whom in my view was Umar, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade praying after Fajr until the sun had risen and after Asr until the sun had set.”
Al-Bukhaari (548) and Muslim (1371) narrated that Ibn Umar said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When the top edge of the sun has risen, then delay praying until it has risen above the horizon, and when the lower part of the sun has set, delay praying until it is fully set.”
Al-Bukhaari (551) narrated that Abu Saeed al-Khudri said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “There is no prayer after Fajr until the sun has risen fully, and no prayer after Asr until the sun has set.”
Muslim (1373) narrated that Uqbah ibn Aamir al-Juhani said:
“There are three times at which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade us to pray or to bury our dead: when the sun has clearly started to rise until it is fully risen,
when it is directly overhead at midday until it has passed its zenith,
and when the sun starts to set until it has fully set.”
The evidence for these times is mentioned in several ahaadeeth, among the clearest and most comprehensive of which is the lengthy hadeeth which was narrated by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh (832) from Amr ibn Abasah (may Allaah be pleased with him),
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him: “Pray Fajr, then refrain from praying until the sun has risen and become high, for when it rises, it rises between the horns of the Shaytaan and at that time the kuffaar prostrate to it.
Then pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended until the shadow of a spear falls directly north (i.e., noon).
Then refrain from praying, for at that time Hell is stoked up.
Then when the shadow moves forward, pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended, until you have prayed Asr.
Then refrain from praying until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of the Shaytaan and at that time the kuffaar prostrate to it.”
Tahiyyat al-masjid / Tahiyyat Wudhu / Tawaaf
We should point out that what is forbidden is prayer that is purely voluntary at these times. As for prayers for which there is a reason, such as “greeting the mosque” (tahiyyat al-masjid) or the two rakahs after wudoo or the two rakahs after tawaaf and so on, they may be offered at any time according to the more correct of the two scholarly opinions.
And Allaah knows best.
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