Is it permissible to perform fard (obligatory) prayers during Karahah times?
Is it permissible to perform fard (obligatory) prayers during Karahah times?
Dear Brother / Sister,
The time for the morning prayer starts with imsak (abstinence) and ends with sunrise. However, according to Hanafis, it is more appropriate to perform it near sunrise and according to Shafiis it is more appropriate to perform it a little while after imsak.
According to Hanafis, if the sun rises while performing the prayer and before finishing it, the prayer is invalidated; it becomes necessary to perform it after the time of karahah.
A person who fails to perform the fajr (morning prayer) on time should perform both its sunnah and fard; if he performs it after sunrise and after the karahah time ends.
If the asr (afternoon prayer) is delayed up to the time of karahah, the prayer is not skipped, and only its fard is performed, the sunnah is not. And even if the takbir of iftitah (opening) is uttered just before sunset and the sun sets while performing the prayer, the prayer becomes valid. The prayer is not considered as missed (qada) and it is considered to have been performed on time. This is a state peculiar to the asr prayer.
Questions on Islam
- Can we perform Fajr (dawn prayer) as soon as imsak time starts?
- Why is the adhan of the morning prayer (fajr) not called at the time of imsak?
- When does the time period for the morning prayer (fajr) start and when does it end? Why is the adhan for the morning prayer called an hour after imsak time?
- Up to when can the morning (fajr) prayer be performed? What should be done when it is cloudy? Should we act in accordance with the calendars?
- What is the importance of time for prayer (salah)?
- Can one perform qada (missed) prayers in abominable (makrooh) periods of time?
- What is imsak time? Can the morning (fajr) prayer be performed immediately after imsak?
- If the next adhan is called while performing a prayer, will that prayer be valid?
- When the time for zuhr (noon) comes, is only the missed fard qada of fajr (morning prayer) performed or is the sunnah of it performed as well?
- How is it necessary to make niyyah when the morning prayer (whose time has ended) is performed as qada before noon?
