Is it ok to pray namaz before actual namaz time? specially for women when there is no jamaat and she is just praying at home.
I am asking specifically about Isha time. Its summer time and Isha time starts at 10:45 i can hardly keep myself awake for Maghrib which is at 9 something. I pray for maghrib and then want to go to sleep by 10 but then i have to wait for Isha till 11 pm at night. I have very tight schedule becuz of work sometimes and i really want to be in bed by 10.
Someone told me i could pray for Isha at 10 that is exactly an hour after maghib time. I am not really sure if its alright? what is more important…making sure to pray or to pray on exact time?
Unless you have some arguments to suggest that the way they have set up the time is incorrect, not really. That is to say, if that is the time, that is the time. You can't pray before that. Well, technically you can, ofcourse, but its not for that day, so you have to pray qazaa again.
You can combine maghrib and isha and pray them together due to a genuine need (either in the time of maghrib or in the time of isha), although it's not advised to make habit of it.
Some people have said you can pray isha even a half hour after maghrib if i recall because in some countries in terms of the night sky (which is the determiner for the onset of isha) the conditions for isha never really physically arise... hope i've remembered that right...
Prophet Mohummad (pbuh&up) sometimes combined zohar/asar maghrib/isha and sometimes prayed them separately..and i am not talking about during travling..
Technically what i am asking is that..i am usually very lazy and tired and just trying hard to keep up with prayers as much i can. I hardly used to pray at all before and now learning to do that. What i wanted to know..how is it better not praying at all and going to sleep raher then praying an hour early to make sure to remember Allah for the end of the day.
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Prophet Mohummad (pbuh&up) sometimes combined zohar/asar maghrib/isha and sometimes prayed them separately..and i am not talking about during travling..
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Well, thats true, and I believe you will, if you try, find a hadith to this effect in sunni texts as well, though I don't think mainstream sunnis actually combine prayers just like that.
Then again, it depends on a person.
Jalpari, when you put it like a choice between praying or not praying, you will likely get the advice to just go ahead and pray, whenever you get a chance. Which is fine. Just that no one really knows if praying early will suffice your responsibilities about praying the salah at its right time. Then again, since the time of isha is so late these days, so you may also want to consult someone in your locality.
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What i wanted to know..how is it better not praying at all and going to sleep raher then praying an hour early to make sure to remember Allah for the end of the day.
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If the choice is between not praying the prayer at all and combining isha with maghrib, then of course the latter is far more preferable. You can combine prayers in this way even if you are not travelling so long as there is a genuine need and reason to do so... but don't make it an all year round habit.
See if a local scholar/imam has expressed an opinion on the early start of isha based on the sky conditions i alluded to previously.
4:103 When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah’s praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times.
Based on above ayah, it is imperative that Salaah may not be accpeted if offered BEFORE time.
If for some “sharaie” reasons a salah is missed, it can be offered as “Qadhaa” but delibrately making the time of salah to pass is not very good and is not appreciated in Quran and have been seen as a sin as well.
Wallah-O-Alam Bith-Thawaab
JP, you don't have to wait til the local Jamaat times for prayers. Look at the prayer schedule for your area and offer Isha the moment Isha time is up. For example, where I live, Isha times in summers starts at 10 pm and the jamaat is at 10:15 pm. If I am praying at home, I pray at 10:01PM.
according to a saheeh hadith (i am not quoting references here, if someone wishes to, he/she can dig up the hadeeth books) the Prophet (saw) combined 2 prayers in Madinah without rain or storm and without fear or battle....
ofcourse that was not the regular case, but just to show to muslims that if it is difficult, then combine the prayers (zuhr with asar, maghreb with ishaa)....
but as u have stated, that u dont want to stay up for an extra hour, that cannot be seen as a valid reason....
however, ishaa time starts exactly after maghreb time ends, but its preferred to pray ishaa late (again from a saheeh hadith) hence the adhaan is given LATE and i think it will be OK for a person to pray ishaa before adhaan but its better to wait....
u'll have extra ajr for waiting....
As far as I know there is a time frame for praying. Lets take fajar for example and suppose the timings. The time starts from 3:15 and lasts till s'thing like 4:00.
Now you see you can pray anwhere inbetween you dont actually have to wait for the time when the jammat starts [this is the case for ladies & gents should pray in the jammat]. Now as far as I know the first four salats should be prayed in the earlier timing that results in more ajar. And the last prayer i.e Isha should be said in the later part of time to have more ajar.
Now to check that you really pray when inbetween the time frame you should consult a scholar in your locality. May Allah [swt] has mercy on you.
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according to a saheeh hadith (i am not quoting references here, if someone wishes to, he/she can dig up the hadeeth books) the Prophet (saw) combined 2 prayers in Madinah without rain or storm and without fear or battle....
ofcourse that was not the regular case, but just to show to muslims that if it is difficult, then combine the prayers (zuhr with asar, maghreb with ishaa)
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Good point! Combining prayers in the permitted fashion doesn't necessarily contradict the instruction to pray a prayer in its "stated time".
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Based on above ayah, it is imperative that Salaah may not be accpeted if offered BEFORE time.
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How about when combining prayers - zuhr with asr, maghrib with isha?
Thanks armughal for a good explaination.
:jazak:
Bro. stupid idiot as well as other members can read the following two link for more information.
Joining Prayers and Other related Issues aAHadith is listed in this article
WHY COMBINE NAMAZE ZOHR-ASR & MAGHRIB-ISHA: This will explain you the timing with a diagram.
Thanks,
Wasaalam,
How do you combine prayers?. Can I pray Asr at Zuhr time and Isha at Maghrib time or vice versa?
As i mentioned above you can read the following two link for more information.
Joining Prayers and Other related Issues aAHadith are listed in this article
WHY COMBINE NAMAZE ZOHR-ASR & MAGHRIB-ISHA: This will explain you the timing with a diagram.
Thanks,
Wasaalam,
http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=20788&dgn=4
It basically says that you cannot pray it early since you have no special conditions.
Joining Prayers and Other related Issues aAHadith are listed in this article
WHY COMBINE NAMAZE ZOHR-ASR & MAGHRIB-ISHA: This will explain you the timing with a diagram.
The above two links gives you those aAhadith that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) prayed without any special condition. The word “early” is misinterpreted
It’s not the same situation as the question raised in this thread.
Re: Namaz timings
Its Neccessory to pray on time, praying before the time start it’s not allowed in Islam, You Need to pray on time, otherwise, pray Qadha Prayer,