Each Salat must be offered
at or during its proper time. No Salat can be offered before its time. There
are five obligatory Salat in a day.
Fajr Prayer
The time for the Fajr or
the morning prayer starts at dawn and ends at sunrise.
Thuhr Prayer
The time for Thuhr or the
early afternoon prayer starts when the sun begins to decline from its zenith an
and ends when the size of an object's shadow is equal to the size of the
object.
Jaber bin Abdullah
narrated: The angel Jibrael came to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and said to him,
"Stand up and pray Thuhr". So Allah's Messenger (pbuh)
prayed Thuhr when the sun had declined from its zenith . Then the angel Jibrael
came again at the time of Asr and said "Stand up and pray Asr". Then
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) prayed Asr when the shadow of everything was equal to itself.
Then Jibrael came the next day to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and said, (after
praying 10 Salat with Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in two consecutive days) that the
time of Salat (prayer) is in between these two times.
Ahmad, Nasai, Tirmidhi and
Bukhari remarked that this is the most authentic Hadith giving the times of
prayer.
We find that many books on
Salat state the ending time of Thuhr prayer and the starting time of Asr prayer
when the shadow of something is twice itself. But this contradicts the above Hadith
as on the first day Jibrael asked Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to pray Asr when the
shadow of everything was equal to itself. This means that was the end time of
Thuhr prayer. And we already know that all the Ulama of the Muslim Ummah agree
unanimously that no Salat (prayer) can be offered before its time.
Asr Prayer
The time for Asr or late
afternoon prayer starts when the shadow of something is equal to itself and
ends just before sunset.
It is better to offer Asr
prayer before the sun becomes yellow because even though it is allowed to offer
the Salat (prayer) at this time the Prophet (pbuh) disliked Muslims to delay
Asr prayer up to this time. He remarked that the Munafiq (hypocrite) offered
his Salat (prayer) at this time.
Maghrib Prayer
The time for the Maghrib or
the sunset prayer starts just after sunset and ends when twilight has
disappeared.
Isha Prayer
The time for Isha or night
prayer starts from the disappearance of twilight and ends just before midnight.
It is preferable to offer
this Salat (prayer) before midnight but it can be offered right up to the break
of dawn.
Note: In countries where
due to cloudy weather the sun is not always visible, it is advisable to follow
printed calendars giving the accurate time of each Salat (prayer).
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