Please advise in the light of Hadeeth the duration of Maghrib Prayer.
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Please
advise in the light of Hadeeth the duration of Maghrib Prayer. as after the
Azan upto how much time we can pray Magrib Salah.
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Answer:
Time for magrib prayer
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there
is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad
(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question:
Please advise in the light of Hadeeth the duration of Maghrib Prayer. as after
the Azan upto how much time we can pray Magrib Salah.
Jarir ibn Abdullah narrated that the Angel Jibrael
(a.s.) came to the Messenger of Allah (saws) and said to him, "Stand and
pray," and they prayed the
Related by Bukhari, Ahmad, an-Nasa'i and at-Tirmidhi.
Please note that on both days, Hadrat Jibrael (a.s.) led the Magrib prayers
at the same time, which is immediately
after the setting of the sun.
Al-Muwatta Hadith 1.9
Yahya related that Abdullah ibn Rafi, the slave of Umm Salama,
the wife of the Prophet (saws) asked Abu Hurayra about the time of the
prayer. Abu Hurayra said, "Let me
tell you. Pray dhuhr when the length of
your shadow matches your height, asr when your shadow is twice your
height, maghrib when the sun has set,
isha in the first third of the night, and subh in the very first light of
dawn," i.e. when the dawn has definitely come.
Thus,
the prayer times are as follows:
Dhuhr: The time for dhuhr prayers starts immediate
after ‘zawaal’ (when the sun moves in the west direction after the mid-day
point). And dhuhr ends when the shadow
of any object is twice the length of the object.
Asr: When the dhuhr ends, that is the beginning of
Asr time, and Asr lasts till the sun begins to set.
Magrib: Starts immediately after the sun has set and
lasts till the red-line disappears from the sky and it is dark.
Isha: Starts when the red-line from the horizon
disappears and becomes dark. There are
two opinion when Isha ends: One is uptil
mid-night, and the other opinion is that
Isha time ends before the advent of fajr time.
Fajr:
Starts when the light of the sun is visible from the east and lasts until just
before the sun is seen rising.
If
the prayer is prayed between the two bands of beginning and end, it will be
considered ‘ada’ or on-time prayers. The
Prophet (saws) said that it is preferable to perform the prayers at the
beginning times, and he (saws) himself
led the believers in all the prayers at the beginning times in congregation.
Your Question:
Please advise in the light of Hadeeth the duration of Maghrib Prayer. as after
the Azan upto how much time we can pray Magrib Salah.
In light of the above guidance of the Messenger of Allah
(saws) the time for ‘magrib’ prayer starts immediately after the sun has
completely set, and lasts till the red-line disappears from the horizon and the
sky starts to turn black. Our best
estimate is that this period between the complete setting of the sun and the
sky turning black would not be more than 20-25 minutes. Because the prayer time for magrib is so
short, it would always be prudent and best to offer this prayer especially at
its earliest time which is immediately after the setting of the sun.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan