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AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Wa Maghfiratuh,

Question: Some of the people complain when it is said to them:

“Why do you delay salaatul Isha while working or other than this?” So they say: “The (time for) salaatul Isha is up until midnight and the time (to establish Isha) is wide.”

I beg from your eminence, clarification regarding this issue and the ruling on it with evidence for it. May Allaah preserve you and guide your steps.

Answer: It is obligatory upon every Muslim to pray salaatul Isha and other than this (the other salawaat) with the congregation and it is not permissible to delay it and to busy oneself with work. This is because praying in congregation is an obligatory matter. So it is not permissible for anyone to oppose the congregation except with an excuse that has been legislated; like illness and what leads to it.

This is because of the saying of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم):

“Whoever heard the call (to salaat) and he did not come to it, then there is no (reward for the) salaat for him except with an excuse.”

It was said to Ibn Abbaas (رضي الله عنه): “What is the excuse?” He (Ibn Abbaas) said: “Fear (of death) or illness.”

WalaykumSalaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Wa Maghfiratuh!

wow.. i always say my isha prayers 15 minutes before 12.. well.. the days r long at the moment any way.. but delaying is not right then i guess..?

Ya Allah forgive us for our errors.. Ameen!

Salam

salaam

isha is like @ 10. 50 nowadays so thats like 1 hour away from midnite so u mite aswell pray it on time

but in surah nisa Allah (swt) says that "prayer is fixed on the believers for appointed times"

i aint no imam or anythin but i think its best just tp pray on time, then you know that you have prayed on time and you dont have to worry whether the time has gone or not, even if your outside @ work, wherever, if you say to your boss, i want a break for prayer, they will say sure, or you can say gimme my lunch durin so and so time, so then you know you will pray on time, erm ive gone off topic but erm yeh nice post

oh thanx so much for clarifying that.. but did i not mention the length of the day these days...?

but say when isha is around 6pm... and u pray around 11.45.... comments plz.. well, leme look it up and i'll give proof.. got no backup right now..

sis maliha.. it could mean that Muhammad (SAW) would go to sleep straight after isha... because if am not wrong, he would wake up for tahajjud right?!? maybe that is why isha is sed to be performed late because of that..

am i making sense?

Bismillaah

As Salaamu'alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuh

Firstly, jazaakAllaahu khairan for the Fatwaa. What the sheikh mentioned is absoloutely true. However, a certain clarrification is needed due to the confusion.

Every prayer should be prayed at its early prescribed times, except for the 'Ishaa. The best time for 'Ishaa is at the middle part of the night. The middle part of the night is not neccessarily 12 midnight, since the day, according to Islaam changes. If you were to take the time from Maghrib to Fajr (starting times) and divide this by two, you would have the middle portion of the night.

For men, it is an obligation for them to pray in congregation in the masaajid. However, whilst it is permissible, the masaajid do not neccessarily conduct the congrgational prayer at the later part of the night, so what is upon them is not to miss the congrgational prayer at the masaajid.

For those who do not have a masjid, and the sisters at home - if they are able to, then it is better for them to delay the 'ishaa prayer until the time at which it is better to pray.

wa Allaahu Ta'aalaa a'lam

Was Salaamu'alaykum Wa Rahmatullaah

^ True...ive alwayas been told to Pray Insh late..that there was some kind of extra reward in it

can you clarify please?

JazakALLAH Khair