How long into the night am I able to read Isha for

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‘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

Wa'Alaykumus Salaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

According to some scholars, the time of Fajr in the UK comes in at around 1:15am, at the moment.

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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.

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Majmoo’ah Fataawa al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, 10/386

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Wa'Alaykumus Salaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

What about when Esha starts at 11.30pm?

I believe the majority state the time ends at Fajr, the middle of the night is the weaker opinoin for contradicting stronger evidence. rather what some say it's best to pray it earlier rather than later.

to note, regardless of either opinion, the 'time' is not measured so precisely in minutes and seconds, you can't for example tell someone who just prayed: you missed it by a minute! the time starts and ends rather ambiguously, just because nowadays we have time tables that measure down to the minute doesn't make them accurate for everyone.

we more or less depend on the sun for deciding the times of prayer, and it's quite relative if you really look into it.
take for example two places almost touching each other on a map, say one is located at the top of a hill, and the other is below it, regardless of how short a distance it is from one to the other, the times of prayer would certainly be different.

Fatwa # 15771 from askimam.org
He answers according to the Hanafi madhab.

It is Mustahab (preferable) to delay the Esha Salaah to one third of the night. Rasulullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said “If I did not fear difficulty upon my Ummah, I would have commanded them to delay the Esha to one third of the night. It is Mubah (permissible) to delay Esha Salaah unto half of the night. To delay it to after half of the night is Makrooh (reprehensible) (Tahtaawi Page 184 Ilmiyya).

And Allah knows best
Wassalam
Muhammed Zakariyya Desai,
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah

By Mufti Ebrahim Desai

A.) The permissible time to perform Isha salat is untill subh-sadiq (true dawn). To perform Isha salat after half of the night has passed will be considered makrooh (undesirable). After midnight one can perform salat, and this will be considered performed in its valid time (ada), not qada. Half the night can be calculated by finding the midpoint between sunset and subh-saadiq. (Fataawa Mahmoodiyah vol.2 pg.146, 240). And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Yeah, i asked my uncle who's 'Mullah' and he said Isha is valid up til Fajr.

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Isha can be prayed until Sehri time, which is about an hour before Fajr starts.

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yes ur rit