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| Praying Isha & Tahajjud together |
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| Marcie |
| 07/23/02 at 11:13:39 |
| [color=Teal] [slm] When is the best time to pray isha? If one intends on praying Tahajjud is it permissable to sleep after Maghrib and then wake up in the middle of the night and pray Isha and Tahajjud together? Does anyone know the sunnah regarding this matter? Jazakum Allah Khair for your help. [wlm] Marcie :-)[/color] |
| 07/23/02 at 11:14:20 |
| Marcie |
| Re: Praying Isha & Tahajjud together |
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| Fatimah |
| 07/23/02 at 13:34:30 |
| [slm] This is about Isha prayer..inshaAllah I will scan my book about night prayers and post the rest soon. I know a hadith that sleeping before isha is disliked... Allahu Alim Question: This question is in reference to the timings of Isha Salat. There are various opinions regarding, when the time for offering Isha prayer expires. Some say that one can pray Isha till the Fajr Azaan is called, while others say that it expires at the time of "Tahajjud prayers". And finally some believe, that we are supposed to take the number of hours between Isha Azaan and the Fajr Azaan, and divide them into half, in order to estimate the last time for Isha prayer. I know that prayers should be offered promptly and on time. Delaying a prayer without reason is not encouraged, but still it would be very beneficial to know the exact opinion on this issue. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. ‘Isha prayer must be performed before midnight, and it is not permissible to delay it until midnight, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The time of ‘Isha’ is until midnight” (narrated by Muslim, al-Masaajid wa Mawaadi’ al-Salaah, 964). So you have to pray it before midnight, based on the length of the night, because the night may be longer or shorter, so the guideline is how many hours the night lasts. If the night is ten hours long, then it is not permissible to delay it until the end of the fifth hour. The best way it to pray it in the first third of the night. If a person prays it at the beginning of the time for ‘Isha, that is OK, but if he delays it a little while, that is preferable, because the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recommend delaying ‘Isha’ prayer for a little while. But if someone prays it at the beginning of its time, after the twilight – the reddish afterglow along the horizon – has vanished, there is nothing wrong with that. And Allaah knows best. Majmoo’ah Fataawa al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, 10/386 (www.islam-qa.com) |
| 07/23/02 at 13:35:30 |
| Fatimah |
| Re: Praying Isha & Tahajjud together |
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| jannah |
| 07/24/02 at 15:36:53 |
| slm, marcie the above is one opinion, it would be wise to get others, especially about your specific question.... |
| Re: Praying Isha & Tahajjud together |
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| Fatimah |
| 07/24/02 at 16:38:34 |
| [slm] Sister Marcie, we asked this specific question to a sheikh and he said that its better not to do this. He mentioned the hadith which i mentioned in the other post about the Prophet [saw] prohibited sleeping before isha (this prohibitation means disliked not haram) and talking after isha. The sheikh said because a person cannot guarantee that they will wake up on time to pray isha in its correct time (which he said was by midnight). He said the fard salat is more important to take care of than the extra salat (in this case the night prayers). He also said that the Prophet [saw] used to not do this... I hope this helps. Im not a knowledgable person, so im not giving you a fatwa, im just letting you know what I read and asked about. Allahu Alim. If you would like, I can look up the sunnah way of doing this... and like Jannah said, you can get another opinion. salam |
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