Imam Nasser Mohammad Al-Yemeni
02 - 04 - 1431 AH
18 - 03 - 2010 AD
08:08 pm
?What is the appointed time of the five prayers
As for the time of the five prayers, surely had came in the grand Quran that three of the five prayers Allah made its time in near-part of the night (Zulfa), in its beginning and its end. And the meaning of Zulfa that is to say: A near time of beginning of the daylight and its end. As for two (of the prayers) surely Allah made them in the daylight so it would be in the two parts of the daylight of (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon. And the daylight of (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon is from Zuhr and ends with sunset, and Allah the Most High said: {When the well-bred, swift (horses) were brought to him at (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon.(31) So he said, I love the good things on account of the remembrance of my Lord — until it got hidden behind the veil.(32)}Truthful Allah the Great [S] 38:31-32
{إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُ (31) فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ (32)} صدق الله العظيم [ص].
Through this verse we understand that the daylight of (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon; its first part when the sun is being in the middle of the sky, and its other part is at sunset, so the prayer of Asr ends with the vanishing sun behind the veil, so the time of Maghrib prayer enters and it continues till the darkness of the night then enters the time of Isha prayer. And Allah the Most High said: {And keep up prayer at the two ends of the day and in (Zulfa) of the night.}Truthful Allah the Great [Houd] 11:114
{وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ} صدق الله العظيم [هود:114].
As for the two parts of the daylight surely He is talking about the daylight of (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon, and its two parts is Zuhr in the first part of the daylight of (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon surely it is at the time of Zuhr prayer, and the other part is in the time of Asr prayer till sunset and the vanishing of the sun behind the veil.
As for (Zulfa) of the night we just made clear that Zulf is namely the near time of the daylight, whether in the part of first of the night and it is the time of Maghrib and Isha, or parts of last-end of the night and it is the time of Fajr prayer and the time of it stretches till the moment of sunrise.
Perhaps son of Omar and other than him would like to say: “Slow down. but He means the two parts of the daylight namely Fajr and Maghrib, so how do you make part of the daylight its middle?”. Then we say to him: Know that the daylight is from the daylight of (Al-Ghudo) morning and it is from rising of the sun till the middle and the breaking so the daylight of (Al-Ashyy) the late-afternoon enters, and the parts of the daylight of (Al-Ghudo and Al-Ashyy) morning and late-afternoon contains them both exactly the prayer of Zuhr, and Allah the Most High said: {So bear patiently what they say, and glorify in the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting, and glorify (Him) during the early hours of the night and parts of the daylight, that you may be well pleased.}Truthful Allah the Great [T.H.] 20:130
{فَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا وَمِنْ آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰ (130)} صدق الله العظيم [طه].
As for His word the Most High: {and glorify in the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun}Truthful Allah the Great, that’s the time of glorification to Allah in Fajr prayer and the time of it ends with sunrise, and its time from (Al-Dulook till Al-Shurooq) the declining till the rising with the rising of the sun.
{وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ} صدق الله العظيم
As for His word the Most High: {.and before its setting,.}Truthful Allah the Great, that is the time of glorification to Allah in Asr prayer, and the time of it ends with the vanishing of the sun behind the veil.
{وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا} صدق الله العظيم
As for His word the Most High: {and glorify (Him) during the early hours of the night}Truthful Allah the Great, and the time of it is the first (part of the night) and begins from the dusk after sunset till the darkness. And that is the time of Maghrib and Isha prayers and they are close to each other, so Maghrib prayer is since the vanishing of the sun in the veil till coming of the darkness then enters Isha prayer, and that is the early hours of the night. And He means that its time is the first of dusk till the darkness.
{وَمِنْ آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ} صدق الله العظيم
And as for His word the Most High: {and parts of the daylight}Truthful Allah the Great, and it is the meeting of the daylight’s parts of the morning and the late-afternoon (Al-Ghudo and Al-Ashyy), and the conjunction of both is in the time of Zuhr prayer. I do not think now that one will interrupt me to say: In fact the meaning of His word “parts of the daylight namely its part of Fajr and the other part of it is Al-Asr. So we say: But you repeated prayers and lost others! so ponder in the verse well, you find that He mentioned the time of Fajr prayer as that the time of Asr prayer, so how you think that His word: {and parts of the daylight} that He means Fajr and Asr prayers and He had mentioned them in His word the Most High: {and glorify in the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting}Truthful Allah the Great.
{وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ}
{وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ}
{وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا} صدق الله العظيم
Therefore now you do not have but to be certain that really the time of Zuhr prayer is in conjunction of parts of the daylight, and the conjunction of parts of morning and late-afternoon (the daylight of Al-Ghodu and the daylight of Al-Rawha) containing both of them is time of Zuhr prayer.
Now we come to mention the middle prayer and He means that it is middle in term of timely and not means middle in term of numerically, and Allah the Most High said: {Guard the prayers and the middle prayer, and stand up truly obedient to Allah.}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Baqara] 2:238.
{حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ (238)} صدق الله العظيم [البقرة].
This is a divine command in keeping the five prayers and they are: Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. Then repeated the notification in keeping the middle prayer due to the difficult time of it, then commanded us to rise in it with the supplication of devotion to Allah and we do not call on else than Him nor we call anyone with Allah, as well this prayer is witnessed by the successors and the patrolling angels (who take turns) and that is Fajr prayer.
Fajr prayer is the middle prayer, and entering its time is the only one well known in the Quran with the utmost precision for the ignorant and the scholar, that is in His word the Most High: {.and eat and drink until the white thread of the day becomes distinct from the black thread of the night at dawn,.}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Baqara] 2:187.
So its time is the middle between the night and the daylight, and that the moment of holding back (food and drink in Ramadan). and the prayer-call for Fajr and holding back is together, then they complete the fasting till the night and it is the time of Maghrib prayer.
{وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ} صدق الله العظيم [البقرة:187]
Then comes the mention of the five prayers with notification and clarification which of them is the middle prayer and that is in His word the Most High: {Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the night, and the recital of the Quran at dawn. Surely the recital of the Quran at dawn is witnessed.}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Esra] 17:78.
{أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ اللَّيْلِ وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا (78)} صدق الله العظيم [الإسراء].
And this verse contains the five prayers with repeating of the notification for the keeping of the middle prayer with the clarification in which of the prayers, and Allah the Most High said: {Guard the prayers and the middle prayer, and stand up truly devoted-obedient to Allah.}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Baqara] 2:238
{حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ (238)} صدق الله العظيم [البقرة].
(Allah) had made clear to us which of them by indication of the devotion supplication in it and that is the middle prayer, then comes another verse to clarify more for the middle prayer after mentioning the comprehensive time to the five prayers in His word the Most High: {Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the night, and the recital of the Quran at dawn. Surely the recital of the Quran at dawn is witnessed.}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Esra] 17:78
{أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ اللَّيْلِ وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا (78)} صدق الله العظيم [الإسراء].
So this verse mentioned all the five prayers starting from declining of the sun by the earth from the east side so the black thread of the night becomes distinct to us from the white thread of Fajr was that except because of the sun’s declining from the east, and that is the time of Fajr prayer, the first what the sleeping worshiper rises to do it, so he continues to do the five prayers from the first one of them at the declining of the sun so the sun’s declining manifest for us the white thread of the day in the east till the darkness of the night and it is the last of the prayers and that is Isha prayer. Then comes the notification for rising and keeping up the middle prayer. That is His word the Most High: {the Quran at dawn. Surely the recital of the Quran at dawn is witnessed.}Truthful Allah the Great.
{وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا} صدق الله العظيم.
And we add to you a verse proves that Al-Ashyy is Asr, as well it proves the appointed time of the glorification to Allah in the five obligatory prayers. And Allah the Most High said: {So glory be to Allah when you enter the evening and when you enter the morning.(17) And to Him be praise in the heavens and the earth, and in the late-afternoon, and when (tuzhiroon) you are at noon.(18)}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Roum] 30:17-18
{فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ (17) وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ (18)} صدق الله العظيم [الروم].
{So glory be to Allah when you enter the evening} that when it’s time of Maghrib and Isha prayer
{and when you enter the morning} that when it’s time of Fajr prayer
{and in the late-afternoon} that when it’s time of Asr prayer
{and when (tuzhiroon) the sun declines from mid of the sky.} and that when it’s time of Zuhr prayer.
{ فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ }
{ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ }
{ وَعَشِيًّا }
{ وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ }
So are you of who refrain?! So do not give fatwa that the prayer is three O (Hilmi 33). Surely I am a sincere adviser to you.
And peace be upon the messengers, and praise be to Allah Lord of the worlds.
Your brother the Imam Mahdi Nasser Mohammad Al-Yemeni.
Read more: https://mahdialumma.xyz/showthread.php?p=47664