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I woluld like to know that

1: how much time is left for Tahajud before Fajar?

2: What is the starting and ending time of Ishraq Prayer?

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Answer:

Tahajjud and Ishraq prayers

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 no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Q-1: how much time is left for Tahajud before Fajar?

The time for Tahajjud or voluntary late-night prayers begin after the prayer time of Isha until just before the adhaan of Fajr prayers, and it is best to delay these prayers until the latter part of the night.

It is best to delay the Tahajjud prayers to the last third portion of the night. Abu Hurairah reports that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Our Lord descends to the lowest heaven during the last third of the night, inquiring: 'Who will call on Me so that I may respond to him? Who is asking something of Me so I may give it to him? Who is asking for My forgiveness so I may forgive him?"'

Related by Bukhari and Muslim. .

Amr ibn Abasah reports that he heard the Prophet (saws) say: "The closest that a slave comes to his Lord is during the middle of the latter portion of the night. If you can be among those who remember Allah, the Exalted One, at that time then do so."

Related by al-Hakim, AnNasa'I, and Ibn Khuzaimah.

Abu Muslim asked Abu Dharr: "Which late-night prayer is the best?" He said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah (saws) the same that you asked me and he (saws) said, 'The (one done during) middle of the latter half of the night, and very few do it.'"

Q-2: What is the starting and ending time of Ishraq Prayer?
The starting time of the voluntary ‘Ishraq’ prayers is just after the rising of the full sun in the morning, and ends at just before the time the sun has reached its peak or meridian at mid-day.

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Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan