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According to the Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following: Time begins: once the Dhuhr prayer (mid-day daily prayer) has been recited. [8] Time ends: at the beginning of the setting of the Sun. However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins.
The time interval for offering the Zuhr or Dhuhr salah timing starts after the sun passes its zenith [clarification needed] and lasts until call for the Asr prayer is given. [according to whom?] [clarification needed] This prayer needs to be given in the middle of the work-day, and people normally make their prayers during their lunch break.
Narrated Abu Huraira: Muhammad said, "On every Friday the angels take their stand at every gate of the mosques to write the names of the people chronologically (i.e. according to the time of their arrival for the Friday prayer) and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready to listen to the sermon."
From the time of the early Church, the practice of seven fixed prayer times has been taught, which traces itself to the Prophet David in Psalm 119:164. [12] In Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to pray seven times a day, "on rising, at the lighting of the evening lamp, at bedtime, at midnight" and "the third, sixth and ninth hours of the day, being hours associated with ...
It is observed after Fajr and before Asr prayers, between the zenith of noon and sunset, and contains 4 rak'a (units). [ 2 ] On Friday, the Zuhr prayer is replaced or preceded by Friday prayer ( jum'a ) which is obligatory for Muslim men who are above the age of puberty and meet certain requirements to pray in congregation either in a mosque or ...
Salah, ritual Islamic prayer, prescribed five times daily: Fajr – the dawn prayer. It is a two Rakat Salaah. Dhuhr – the early afternoon prayer. It is a four Rakat Salaah. Asr – the late afternoon prayer. It is a four Rakat Salaah. Maghrib – the sunset prayer. It is a three Rakat Salaah. Isha'a – the night prayer. It is a four Rakat ...
Time ends Most scholarly opinions follow the Hanafi school, that Isha'a begins when complete darkness has arrived and the yellow twilight in the sky has disappeared. According to a minority opinion in the Maliki school, the prescribed time for Maghrib prayer ends when the red thread has disappeared from the sky.
[11] This verse is taken as foundational for prescribing the times for prayer. [12] In Qur'an 17:78, dawn is one of the three times that prayer is to be performed. [13] According to Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's commentary on angels (Al-Haba'ik fi Akhbar al-Mala'ik), this verse describes the witnessing of dawn prayer by the angels of the day and the ...