أ تِمّ ُ وا الصِّيَامَ
مُحَمَّد ذُالْكِفْل ِ نَاظِم ْ
بسم
الله الرّحمن
الرّحيم
أ
تِمّ ُ وا
الصِّيَامَ
BREAKING
OF THE FAST
By
Muhummed
Zulkifli Nazim
Author’s Note:
I
testify and declare that there is no deity but Allah and he has no
co-sharer. I further testify that
Muhummed (Sallallaahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam) is the Servant of Allah, and
the last of His Prophets and on whom He entrusted His noble and illustrious
religion, with His recorded commandments, with His revealed and described Book,
the Holy Quran and with specific and clear commands and interdictions so that
people may take warnings, admonitions and instructions from the verses of this
most Noble, Gracious and Glorious Holy Quran.
By the Grace and Mercy
of Allah Azzawajall I did Three years of research, on this subject, from 1995 to
1998 before I presented this as a lecture to my students in the Ramadhan of 1998
(01st Ramadhan 1419 - 20th December 1998).
I have spoken to many
an 'ulama and I have explained to them in detail regarding the Time for the
Breaking of the Fast and the time of Maghrib prayers. They never disagreed with
me, they accepted all the references I had quoted and the explanations of the
great Mufassiroon - but
- believe me they have not done anything about it.
I even went on the air
– giving a summary of this talk for Three consecutive years in the Month of
Ramadhan on the Sahar Programme organized by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation. I do not know how many
had listened to it or even put it to practice.
So I decided to publish
this in the form of a booklet and urge you, with all sincerity, that you as my
brothers and sisters should not find your most valuable ‘Amal going waste at
the end of the day. I most sincerely
and earnestly request you to read the information presented in this booklet very
carefully and try to digest each and every information that I have given you,
with reasoning and understanding.
The information
presented here, is after having done extensive research into this subject. You
will note that the references are from the Holy Quran and the noble authentic
hadithes - please refer them and see
for yourselves; analyze them and remember the plots
and deceptions that the Zionists and the hostile Nasaara are indulging
against Islam and the Muslims – They are in fact hell-bent on even destroying
our most precious, and valuable -
fasting.
A word of caution
- with this knowledge in
hand, do not create any unpleasantness with the people around you.
Do not confront them - Do not
tell them bluntly that they are wrong -
but use kindness, with wisdom, strategy and beautiful preaching, and make them
slowly read these references that I am giving you, and let it dawn on them
automatically that the injunctions in the Holy Quran and Sunnah of Rasoolullahi
(S.A.W.) are far different from what we think and what we do.
I
dedicate this book to the Muslim Ummah
–
اُمَّةَ
رَسُوْلُ
الله صَلّى
الله
عَلَيْهِ
وآلِهِ وسلّم
May
Allah in His Mercy Guide us all along the right path.
The Path of those on whom He has bestowed His favours, and protect us all
from the path of those who have incurred His Wrath or gone astray.
Aameen.
M.
Zulkifli Nazim
No.
˝,
27th
Rajab 1426
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Introduction
The subject that is being dealt with is : “The Breaking of the Fast”
Before
we go into the subject proper, I would like to present to you practical
instances with regard to the plots, connivances and devious scheming against
Islam and Muslims together with some guidance and warnings both from the Holy
Quran and the Holy Authentic Hadithes for us to be aware and to be alert with
regard to such enmity against Islam and the Muslims.
The Quranic warning:
إنّهُم
يَكِيْدُوْنَ
كَيْدًا
Verily,
they are Plotting a scheme (against you) – Surah Tariq 86 : 15
And
the Quranic advise:
يَا
أيُّهَا
الّذِيْنَ
ءآمَنُوْا
خُذُوْا
حِذَرَكُمْ
‘O You who Believe, Take your precautions . . . . . ’ (Surah
Nisaa – 4: 71)
and again in verse 102
وَلْيَأخُذوا
حِذرَهُمْ
‘.
. . . And take all precautions against them. . . .
’ (4:102)
The word حِذَرَ has many meanings: –
Be cautious, Be wary of, Be on one’s guard against, Be alert, Watch out, take
care, take heed and many other similar synonyms
So you can see the Holy
Quran instructing us to be alert and to be cautious.
From the inception of Islam, It is the Zionists and the hostile Nasaara
who have always been plotting and scheming against every aspect of Islam.
They use all their resources and energy in every way possible using
devious schemes and subtle ways to injure us physically, materially and most of
all spiritually.
One of their main plots is to feed us some portion of the hog, which is
prohibited in Islam. You will always
see, that whatever Allah and His Rasool made it Haraam, they have made it a
glamour – so we give you something to
think, reflect, ponder and meditate.
The Sugar Industry used
bone-black for refining sugar. Chemically
bone black is the black,
carbonaceous
substance into
which bones
are converted
by calcination
in close
vessels; - called
also animal
charcoal (usually called Bone Char). It
is used
as a
decolorizing
material in
filtering syrups,
extracts, etc.
Bone
Grist is the raw material for Bone Charcoal. Bone Charcoal is used for refining
sugar syrup.
Bone char, made from the bones of cows, is at times used to whiten
sugar. Some sugar companies use it in filters to decolorize their sugar. Other
types of filters involve granular carbon or an ion exchange system rather than
bone char.
In the 1950's they
plotted and planned that the bone charcoal that should be used should be the hog
bone. – the bones of the pig. The
enemies of Islam are aware that if the Muslims get used to eating the pig, their
supplications (Dua’s) will not be accepted.
It is laudable that The
'Ulama at that time were alert to this turn of events and even though, the
communication systems were so very limited, they did their utmost to counter
this threat and spread the message so fast, that Muslims the world-over stopped
using refined sugar or white or brown sugar.
Subsequently, the West had to face unimaginable losses on their sale of
refined sugar.
Once they knew that the
Muslims were aware of their plot, they changed their stance and started using
other forms of chemicals to refine sugar.
Then they stepped into
another area – The Health Sector.
‘Cellulose’ derived
from plant was used in the manufacture of medicinal capsules.
Preference was publicized for capsules rather than tablets; and capsules
became the mainstay in respect of important drugs for pathological treatment of
most of the ailments.
The Zionists and the
Nasaara, slowly did away with the cellulose capsules and switched over to
Gelatine – and they made sure that they manufactured Gelatine from the skin
and bones of the pig which were and are still slaughtered by the millions in the
European and other Western, Eastern and Far-Eastern states. By which means they
were able to keep their expenses low and their profits high.
To have mass production
of Gelatine, they had to open factories all over the world and in places where
they were unable to obtain pigs, they were forced to substitute the bones and
hides of other cattle.
The medicinal capsules
became so very popular, that they could not meet the world’s demand and so
they resorted to bovine Gelatine and subsequently they even initiated the
manufacture of synthetic Gelatine.
But their hatred for
Islam was so much - that they did not want the Muslims of the world to consume
anything that is clean. Since the
Muslims consider anything of the pig to be unclean, they wanted to see that the
Muslims were really forced to consume unclean things
- in any way possible - What better way is there other than incorporating
this unclean animal into important medicines and drugs ! –
So, under the guise of
improving the quality of Gelatine, and
since they cannot supply the required large quantities of pig Gelatine, they
plotted to add small quantities of pig Gelatine, which they themselves shipped
to these factories from their homeland where there are enough and more pigs.
It should be noted this
scheming and conniving against Islam and the Muslims did not stop only at
Medicines and Pharmaceuticals. The
era of Supermarkets, tinned foods and long shelf lives of food items became a
reality.
Now they had to use
preservatives and emulsifiers for these tinned and packeted food, whether it be
canned beef, or sardines or canned fruits and vegetables, chocolates, biscuits,
bread and other confectionary, even milk, which needed a longer shelf-life. Then
they started adding small quantities of hog based components to these
emulsifiers, stabilizers, preservatives and colourings.
Somehow or other the
pig component was added to anything and everything, polluting and contaminating
every consumer food item. (At the
end of this paper, I will give you the list of the Haraam Emulsifier Codes for
your reference, as well as suspected codes which may contain pig fat.)
Moreover, when they
began their military expeditions, their main aim and target were the Muslims of
the world. wherever they were able to establish colonial rule
- they targeted Madrasas, the Muslim seat of learning. with the help of
hypocrites in the community.
They used the help of
certain types of so -called Scholars - who were vying for name, fame, power and
position, - these ‘scholars’ who
were respected by the Muslim communities in their countries were willing to
utilize this trust to serve their colonial masters.
They were given a free hand to indulge in their passion and lust and
desire to their hearts content. All
this day did for their selfish and personal advantage.
They sold Islam for
the miserable price of this world.
They were able
infiltrate into Islamic seats of learning - and introduced – a different phase
of Islam, just plain
- ritualistic Islam, - a dead
Islam, - a passive Islam without any
force or recognizable force - An Unintelligent Islam.
Not satisfied with
that, they further created dissension, with the help of these hypocrites in the
community - to create rifts and strife and fights even in this ritualistic
Islam, which they themselves had created – Islam with various hues were the
result of this conspiracy.. Each
hue is now at each others throats. And
our community - the Muslims - have not only swallowed - the proverbial hook,
line and sinker they have swallowed even the rod.
Today - the only
recognized powerful ritual - which no Muslim disputes, is Prayer and fasting.
They have even infiltrated and dipped their filthy tentacles into this
most Holy ritual and managed to create dissensions and sects.
Not only divisions, they also made certain that this fasting does not
become beneficial to the Muslims. They
contrived and connived and introduced many innovations and the worst maneuver
and design was to see that one who fasts does not derive the full benefits of
such fasting - and that too
- at the end of the day. That
is how they manipulated in a very subtle way and somehow or other, convinced the
Muslim Ummah through the intervention of the hypocritical scholars that Sunset
is the time of Maghrib prayer.
What our Holy Prophet
Muhummed (SAW) said 1400 years ago came to pass – This Hadith is quoted in
Sahih Muslim – Hadeeth No. 213
عنْ
أبيْ هريرة
قال قال رسولُ
الله (ص):
بَادِرُوْا
باِلأعْمال ِ
فِتناً
كِقَطِعَ
الليْلِ ِ
مُظلِم ِ
يُصْبِحُ
الرّجُل ُ
مُؤْ مِناً
ويُمْسيْ
كافرًا
وَيُمْسيْ
مُؤْ مِناً وَ
ِ يُصْبِحُ
كافرًا -
يَبيْعُ
ديْنَه
بعَرَض ٍ مِّن
الدّ ُ نْيَا
(مسلم)
“Hasten on with good
works before calamities befall you like the darkness of the night.
When a man will wake up a believer in the morning and an unbeliever in
the evening and a believer in the evening will become an unbeliever at morn.
(This is the time) When he will sell his religion for the miserable price of
this world.” - (Reported by Abu Hurairah)
BREAKING OF THE FAST
– أ
تِمّ ُ واْ
الصِّيامَ
حَدّ َثَنَا
عَبْدُ
اللَّهِ بْنُ
يُوسُفَ
أَخْبَرَنَا
مَالِكٌ عَنْ
أَبِى حَازِ
ِم ٍ عَنْ
سَهْلِ بْنِ
سَعْدٍ أَنَّ
رَسُولَ
اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه و
آله وسلم
قَالَ:
لاَ
يَزَالُ
النَّاسُ
بِخَيْر ٍ مَا
عَجَّلُوا
الْفِطْرَ (البخارى)
This Hadith is
Narrated by Sahl bin Sa’ad ; He says that Allah’s Apostle (SAW) said that
“the people will remain in prosperity (the people will remain on the right
path) as long as they hasten the breaking of the fast.”
(Sahih Bukhari Vol.3. Hadith No. 178 – Hadith Serial No. 1957)
Muslims are all too
familiar with this well-known hadith, regarding the breaking of the fast - And
Muslims the world over have construed the fact that no sooner you hear the
Adhaan – The Call for Prayer for Maghrib – you should rush to break your
fast.
This
hadith is very very authentic and this Sunnah must be obeyed, no doubt
- But, ponder over this a little and
ask yourself -
Is the official Sunset the time for the call for Maghrib Prayer?
You
will note the various broadcasting stations and the TV stations announcing the
Adhaans at various times - Are these the times that we have to rush to break our
most cherished fast - Are we going to waste and destroy that Fast which we had
fasted the whole day with such painstaking devoutness and piety? –
The
majority of the people are being programmed in taking the Sunset Time announced
by the Meteorological Department, as the time for the announcement of the
Maghrib Prayer -
I
would like to state emphatically, that this is NOT the Sunnah of the Prophet
[SAW] –
The
Astronomical definitions of
In other words,
Furthermore, atmospheric refraction causes the Sun's disk to appear
higher in the sky than it would if the Earth had no atmosphere. Thus, in the
morning the upper edge of the disk is visible for several minutes before the
geometric edge of the disk reaches the horizon. Similarly, in the evening the
upper edge of the disk disappears several minutes after the geometric disk has
passed below the horizon.
Twilight
For
a time before sunrise and after sunset, light from the Sun illuminates the
atmosphere to produce some skylight, known as twilight. Twilight is
arbitrarily divided into three increments. The period when the Sun is 6 degrees
or less below the horizon is called civil twilight . The time of the end
of civil twilight is often published in newspapers along with the time of
sunrise and sunset. When the Sun is between six and twelve degrees below the
horizon, the period is called nautical twilight. During this period it is
dark enough to see the brighter stars, used for navigation, and still light
enough to see the horizon. When the Sun is between twelve and eighteen degrees
below the horizon, the period is called astronomical twilight.
The times of these 3 kinds of twilight may vary slightly, at
various times of the year.
In tropical countries like
The
Nautical Twilight begins approximately 37 minutes before sunrise and sets
approximately 46 minutes after sunset.
For computational purposes, civil twilight begins before sunrise
and ends after sunset when the geometric zenith distance of the center of the
Sun is 96 degrees (morning) - 6 degrees (evening) below a horizontal plane. The
corresponding solar zenith distances for nautical and astronomical twilight are
102 and 108 degrees, respectively. That is, at the dark limit of nautical
twilight, the center of the Sun is geometrically 12 degrees below a horizontal
plane; and at the dark limit of astronomical twilight, the center of the Sun is
geometrically 18 degrees below a horizontal plane.
This
information is derived from the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac,
ed. P. K. Seidelmann (1992), pp 482ff.
Accuracy of rise/set computations.
Scientists say that, The times of rise and set phenomena cannot
be precisely computed, because, in practice, the actual times depend on
unpredictable atmospheric conditions that affect the amount of refraction at the
horizon. Thus, even under ideal conditions (e.g., a clear sky at sea) the times
computed for rise or set may be in error by a minute or more. Local topography
(e.g., mountains on the horizon) and the height of the observer can affect the
times of rise or set even more. It is not practical to attempt to include such
effects in routine rise/set computations.
The accuracy of rise and set computations decreases at high
latitudes. There, small variations in atmospheric refraction can change the time
of rise or set by many minutes, since the Sun and Moon intersect the horizon at
a very shallow angle. For the same reason, at high latitudes, the effects of
observer height and local topography are magnified and can substantially change
the times of the phenomena actually observed, or even whether the phenomena are
observed to occur at all.
Clouds
also make it again difficult to judge exact sunset time
It
is, therefore, very clear indeed that the rise and set of the sun cannot be
accurately computed.
The
sunset time that is given by the Meteorological Department is approximate, and
therefore cannot be the time for Maghrib Prayers as will be seen in the
Authentic Hadithes and the relevant Quranic Verses.
Let
us look into the Quran and Hadith and establish the correct time of the Maghrib
Prayer. The - Sunnah of the Prophet [SAW]
Firstly,
let us take some trouble and look into the
Sunnah of Rasoolullaah [SAW] with regard to the establishment of times for the
calling of the prayer.
Please note this very,
very carefully:
In all prayer calendars
or even in slips and hand-bills that are distributed during the period of
Ramadhan - you will find a column
"Sunset" and that very same column is marked as time of "Maghrib
Prayer" -
The Time of Sunset that
is marked is given by the Meteorological Department.
Is this the time of
Maghrib prayer?
When the Adhaan or Call
for Maghrib prayers is made, please take a look at the sky.
On a clear day you will all see that the sky is blue, the yellow light is
still in the sky, the yellows rays of the sun are still visible as yellow
patches on the walls of your homes or wherever the rays strike
- you can see the yellow rays streaming through
- is this the time for Maghrib Prayers?
Did The Apostle of
Allah, Rasoolullahi (S.A.W.) tell us
that Sunset time as given by the Meteorological Deparment, is the time for
Maghrib prayer? -
The Holy Quran Says:
إنَّ
الصّلوة َ
كَانَتْ
عَلَى
الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
كِتابًا
مَّوْقُوْتًا●
Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers at
fixed hours (at Stated Times). (Al-Quran
- Surah Al-Nisaa - 4 : 103)
The Holy Quran further
points to us the various times of prayer:
وَ
أقِم ِ
الصّلوة َ
طَرَفَي ِ
النَّهَارِ
وَزُلّفًا
الّيْل ِ ●
And establish regular
prayers at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night: (Al-Quran
Surah Hud – 11: 114)
Tafsir Qurthubi refers
to
طرفي النّها ر (Tharafayin Nahaar) as طرفان (Tharfaan) meaning Two extremities of the Day. [ طرف also has synonyms : حدّ and منتهى (Haddha and Munthahaa ) – Meaning: Limit, Border, Edge and Terminal point.] and they refer to الظهر and العصر (Zuhr and Asar And
من
الليل
وزلفا (Zulafan
Minal-Lail) refers to the Two approaches of the night - والعشاء
المغرب
– Maghrib, and ‘Ishaa.
Rasoolullaahi (SAW) said:
هي
الصّبح في
أوّل النّهار
والظّهر
والعصر مرّةً
اُخرى
هُما
زُلفا اللّيل
المغرب
والعشاء
That Subh is the first
extreme of the day and Zuhr and Asar is the other extreme
The time between
And Maghrib and Isha
are the first Extreme and the second extremes respectively of the Night
– زلفا
الليل (Zulafan Al-lail)
زُلْفة
: أوّلُ اللّيل
أو قِسْمٌ
مّنْْهُ
Zulfah – Means the
beginning of the night or a part of the night.
The Holy Quran again states in Surah Qaaf:
فَاصْبرْ
عَلَى مَا
يَقُوْلُوْنَ
وَسَبّح
بِحَمْدِ
رَبّكَ
قَبْلَ
طُلُوْع ِ
الشَّمْس
وَقَبْلَ
الْغُرُوْبِ●
(Al-Quran : Surah Qaaf –
50 : 39)
50.39. Bear then with
patience all that they say and celebrate the praises of thy Lord before the
rising of the sun and before (its) setting.
Hadith:
حَدَّثَنَا
عَمْرُو بْنُ
عَوْنٍ
حَدَّثَنَا
خَالِدٌ
وَهُشَيْمٌ
عَنْ
إِسْمَاعِيلَ
عَنْ قَيْسٍ
عَنْ جَرِيرٍ
قَالَ كُنَّا
جُلُوساً
عِنْدَ
النَّبِىِّ
صلى الله عليه
وسلم إِذْ
نَظَرَ إِلَى
الْقَمَرِ
لَيْلَةَ
الْبَدْرِ
قَالَ : إِنَّكُمْ
سَتَرَوْنَ
رَبَّكُمْ
كَمَا
تَرَوْنَ
هَذَا
الْقَمَرَ
لاَ
تُضَامُّونَ
فِى
رُؤْيَتِهِ ،
فَإِنِ
اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
أَنْ لاَ
تُغْلَبُوا
عَلَى
صَلاَةٍ
قَبْلَ
طُلُوعِ
الشَّمْسِ
وَصَلاَةٍ
قَبْلَ
غُرُوبِ
الشَّمْسِ ،
فَافْعَلُوا (البخاري)
This Hadith is narrated
by Jarir ibn Abdullah al-Bajali :
We were sitting with
the Prophet and he looked at the moon on the night of the full-moon and said,
"You people will see your Lord as you see this full moon, and you will have
no trouble in seeing Him, so if you can avoid missing (through sleep or
business, etc.) a prayer before sunrise (Fajr) and a prayer before sunset (Asr)
you must do so."
(Sahih Bukhari Vol.9.
Hadith No.529, Muslim Hadith No.7078 - Tirmidhi:Hadith No. 5647) – [TAFSIR
QURTH.UBI, THAFSEER IBN KATHEER]
Holy Quran again refers to :
Surah – Taha – 20:130
فَاصْبرْ
عَلَى مَا
يَقُوْلُوْنَ
وَسَبّح
بِحَمْدِ
رَبّكَ
قَبْلَ
طُلُوْع ِ
الشَّمْس
ِوَقَبْلَ
غُرُوْبِهَا●
Therefore (O Muhammad),
bear with what they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord before the rising
of the sun and before its setting.
وَمِنْ
ءآنَاﺉالّيْل
ِفَسَبّحْ
وَأطْرَافَ
النّهَار
ِلَعَلّكَ
تَرْضى●
And
glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of the day, that thou
may find acceptance. (Al-Quran –
Surah Taha – 20 : 130)
This verse specifically
refers to the dawn prayer, the two
afternoon prayers – Zuhr and ‘Asar, and the two night prayers, Maghrib and
Ishaa.
Let us now take a look at
this Hadith:
عنْ
عبْد الله
بْنِ عمر ٍ قال
قال رسول الله
(ص) :
وقْتُ
الظّهَر إذا
دَالَتِ
الشّمْسُ
وكانَ ظِلّ
ُالرّ َجُلُ
كُطُوْلهِ
مالمْ يحضُر
ِالعصْرُ
و
وقْتُ العصْر
ِ مالم تصفّرُ
الشمْسُ
ووقْتُ
صلوةِ المغر
ِبِ مالم
يَغِب
ِالشّفَقُ
ووقْتُ
صلوة
ِالعِشاء
ِإلى نِصْفِ
اللّيْلِ
الأوْسَطِ
ووقْتُ
صلوة ِ الصّبح
ِ مِنْ
طُلُوْع
ِالفجْر ِ
مالَمْ تطْلع
ِالشّمسُ
فأمْسِكْ عَنِ الصّلوةِ فإنّها تطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرَنَي ِ الشّيطانِ (مسلم)
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr
reported that the Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, said, "The time
of the Zuhr prayer is when the sun passes the meridian and a man's shadow is the
same length as his height. It lasts until the time of the Asar prayer.
The time of the Asar
prayer remains so long as the sun does not become yellow (during its setting).
The time of the Maghrib
prayer remains so long as the red hue does not disappear*. The time of the night
prayer remains upto the middle of the night.
And the time of the
morning prayer is from the appearance of the dawn till the sun does not rise.
When the sun rises,
abstain from praying, as it rises between the horns of Satan." (Related by
Muslim.Hadith No. 1275 )
* Our Main concern here
is the time of Maghrib Prayer. Hence
this statement in the Hadith :
:
ووقْتُ
صلوةِ المغر
ِبِ مالم
يَغِب
ِالشّفَقُ
The time of the Maghrib
prayer remains so long as the red hue does not disappear – Mufassiroon
unanimous in their opinion that Maghrib Prayer Commences at the Appearance of
the Red Rays of the Sun until it disappears.
The Lexicon meaning
of شّفَقُ
(Shafaq) is :
بَقِيَّةُ ضّوْءِ
الشَّمْش ِ
بَعْدَ
غُرُوْبِهَا
The twilight afterglow
after the Sunset
Hadith :
عَنِ ابنِ
عبّاس ٍ قال
قال رسُوْلُ
الله (ص):
أمّنِيْ
جِبْريْلُ
عِنْدَ
الْبَيْتِ
مرّتيْنِ
فَصَلىّ بيَ
الظّهْرحيْنَ
زَالَتِ
الشّمْسُ وكا
نتْ قَدْرَالشّراكِ
وَ صَلّى بِيَ
الْعَصْر ِ
حِيْنَ صَارَ
ظِلّ ُ كُلّ ِ
شيْءٍ
مِثْلَهُ وَ
صَلّى بِيَ
الْمَغْر ِبَ
حِيْنَ
أفْطَرَ
الصَّائِمُ وَ
صَلّى بِيَ
الْعِشَاءَ
حِيْنَ غَابَ
الشَّفَقُ وَ
صَلّى بِيَ
الْفَجْر ِ
حِيْنَ
حَرَمَ
الطَّعَامُ
وّالشَّرَابُ
عَلّى
الصَّائِمِ –
فَلَمَّا كَا
نَ الْغَدُ
صَلىّ بيَ
الظّهْر ِ
حِيْنَ كَانَ
ظِلُّهُ
مِثْلُهُ وَ
صَلّى بِيَ
الْعَصْر ِ
حِيْنَ كَانَ
ظِلُّهُ
مِثْلَيْهِ
وَ صَلّى بِيَ
الْمَغْر ِبَ
حِيْنَ
أفْطَرَ
الصَّائِمُ
وَ صَلّى بِيَ
الْعِشَاءَ
إلى ثُلُثِ
الّليْلِ وَ
صَلّى بِيَ
الْفَجْر ِ
فَاسْفَرَ
ثُمَّ
الْتَفَتِ
إلَيَّ -
فَقَالَ يَا
مُحَمُّدُ
هذَا وَفْتُ
الأنْبِيَاءِ
مِنْ
قَبْلِكَ
وَالْوقْتُ
مّا بَيْنَ
هذَيْنِ
الْوَ
قْتَيْنِ (أبوداود)
Sunan of Abu-Dawood –
Hadith No. 393 Narrated
by Abdullah Ibn Abbas
The Apostle of Allah
(peace be upon him) said: Gabriel (peace be upon him) led me in prayer twice at
the House (i.e. the Ka'bah). He prayed the Zuhr prayer with me when the sun had
passed the meridian to the extent of the thong of a sandal; he prayed the ‘Asr
prayer with me when the shadow of everything was as long as itself; he prayed
the Maghrib Prayer with me when one who is fasting breaks the fast; he
prayed the night prayer with me when the twilight had ended; and he prayed the
dawn prayer with me when food and drink become forbidden to one who is keeping
the fast. On the following day he
prayed the noon prayer with me when his shadow was as long as himself; he prayed
the afternoon prayer with me when his shadow was twice as long as himself; he
prayed the Maghrib Prayer at the time when one who is fasting breaks the fast;
he prayed the night prayer with me when about the third of the night had passed;
and he prayed the dawn prayer with me when there was a fair amount of light.
Then turning to me he said: Muhammad, this is the time observed by the
prophets before you, and the time is anywhere between two times.
There are innumerable
Hadith reported in all the Sihha Siththa – I have chosen only one such Hadith
so as to shorten the length of this book as well as for easy reading without
burdening the reader with repetitions of the same hadith.
However, I shall give you a couple of ready References of these Hadithes
are : Sahih Muslim – Hadith No. 1278, 1280, Sahih Bukhari – various
references as well as in
Fiqhhus-Sunnah 1.82
In all these hadithes,
you will see one statement in common – That is:
وَ
صَلَّى
الْمَغْر ِبَ
قَبْلَ أنْ
يَغِيْبَ
الشَّفَقُ
He (Rasoolullaah)
prayed the Maghrib Prayer before the red rays of the sun disappeared.
Meaning – that the
Maghrib Prayer commences at the arrival of the red rays of the sun and ends at
its disappearance.
Iأقِم
ِ الصّلوة َ
لِدُلُوْكِ
الشَّمْش ِ
إلى غَسَق ِ
الَّيْل
ِوَقُرْءَانَ
الْفَجْر ِ
إنَّ
قُرْءَانَ
الْفَجْر ِ
كَانَ
مَشْهُوُدًا ●
17.78: Establish thou
the prayer from the declination of the sun to the darkening of the night, and
the Recitation at the dawn; verily for the prayer and reading in the morning
carry their testimony.
PROHIBITED TIMES
OF PRAYER.
حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ
اللَّهِ بْنُ
يُوسُفَ
قَالَ
أَخْبَرَنَا
مَالِكٌ عَنْ
نَافِعٍ عَنِ
ابْنِ عُمَرَ
أَنَّ
رَسُولَ
اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه
وسلم قَالَ:
«
لاَ
يَتَحَرَّى
أَحَدُكُمْ
فَيُصَلِّى
عِنْدَ
طُلُوعِ
الشَّمْسِ
وَلاَ عِنْدَ
غُرُوبِهَا »
(صحيح
البخاري –
حديث 585)
Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW)) said: none of you
shall choose to pray at the rising of the sun nor at its setting. (Sahih Bukhari
Hadith Serial No. 585 or Hadith
Vol.1. Hadith No. 559)
(Other references
from Sahihul Bukhari include Hadith Serial Nos. 582, 589, 1192, 1629 and 3273)
For purposes of
clarity, I give below the hadithes in Arabic in respect of the above references:
Al-Bukhari Hadith Serial
No. 582
-
حَدَّثَنَا
مُسَدَّدٌ
قَالَ
حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ
سَعِيدٍ عَنْ
هِشَامٍ
قَالَ
أَخْبَرَنِى
أَبِى قَالَ
أَخْبَرَنِى
ابْنُ عُمَرَ
قَالَ قَالَ
رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه
وسلم
«
لاَ
تَحَرَّوْا
بِصَلاَتِكُمْ
طُلُوعَ
الشَّمْسِ
وَلاَ
غُرُوبَهَا »
(صحيح
البخاري –
حديث 582)
Al-Bukhari Hadith Serial
No. 589
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أُصَلِّى كَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابِى يُصَلُّونَ ، لاَ أَن¡