What time should you pray. When is it not allowed to pray? Forbidden prayer times

With the help of which a person conducts a dialogue with the Almighty. By reading it, a Muslim pays tribute to devotion to Allah. Prayer is obligatory for all believers. Without it, a person loses contact with God, commits a sin, for which, according to the canons of Islam, he will be severely punished on the Day of Judgment.

It is necessary to read prayer five times a day at a strictly set time for him. Wherever a person is, no matter what he is busy with, he must perform a prayer. Fajr, as it is also called by Muslims, is especially important, it has great power. Its fulfillment is equivalent to a prayer that a person would read all night.

What time is the morning prayer?

Fajr prayer should be performed early in the morning, when a white stripe appears on the horizon, and the sun has not yet risen. It is during this period of time that devout Muslims pray to Allah. It is desirable that a person begins a sacred act 20-30 minutes before sunrise. In Muslim countries, people can navigate by adhan coming from the mosque. It is more difficult for a person living in other places. How do you know when to perform Fajr prayer? The time of its completion can be determined by a special calendar or schedule, which is called ruznama.

Some Muslims use mobile applications for this purpose, such as Prayer Times ® Muslim Toolbox. It will help you know when to start prayer, and determine where the sacred Kaaba is located.

Beyond the Arctic Circle, where day and night last longer than usual, it is more difficult for people to decide on the time at which prayer should be performed. Fajr, however, must be performed. Muslims recommend focusing on the time in Mecca or in a nearby country, where the change of day and night occurs in the usual rhythm. The last option is preferred.

What is the power of Fajr prayer?

People who regularly pray to Allah before sunrise show deep patience and true faith. After all, for the sake of performing Fajr, it is necessary to rise before dawn every day, and not sleep in a sweet dream, succumbing to the persuasion of the shaitan. This is the first test that the morning has prepared for a person, and it must be passed with dignity.

The Almighty will protect people who do not succumb to shaitan, who read prayers on time, from adversity and problems until the next day. In addition, they will succeed in eternal life, because the observance of prayer will be credited to everyone on the Day of Judgment.

This prayer in Islam has great power, because on the eve of dawn, next to a person are the angels of the departing night and the coming day, who are carefully watching him. Allah will then ask them what his servant did. The angels of the night will answer that, when leaving, they saw him praying, and the angels of the coming day will say that they also found him praying.

Stories of the Sahaba who performed the morning prayer against all odds

Fajr requires strict observance, no matter what the circumstances are in a person's life. In those distant times, when the Prophet Muhammad was still alive, people performed real feats in the name of faith. They performed namaz in spite of everything.

Sahaba, companions of the Messenger of the Almighty, performed the morning fajr even when they were injured. No misfortune could stop them. So, the outstanding statesman Umar ibn al-Khattab read a prayer, bleeding after an attempt on his life. He did not even think of refusing to serve Allah.

And the companion of the Prophet Muhammad Abbad was struck by an arrow at the moment of the prayer. He pulled her out of his body and continued to pray. The enemy shot at him several more times, but this did not stop Abbad.

Sada ibn Rabi, who was also seriously wounded, died while praying in a tent specially built for the sacred action.

Preparation for prayer: ablution

Prayer in Islam requires some preparation. Before transgressing to any prayer, whether it be Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib or Isha, a Muslim is prescribed to perform a ritual ablution. In Islam, it is called voodoo.

A true Muslim washes his hands (hands), face, rinses his mouth and nose. He performs each action three times. Next, the believer washes each hand up to the elbow with water: first the right, then the left. After that, he rubs his head. With a wet hand, a Muslim runs it from the forehead to the back of the head. He then rubs his ears inside and out. After washing his feet up to the ankles, the believer should complete the ablution with the words of remembrance of Allah.

During prayer, Islam requires men to cover their bodies from the navel to the knees without fail. The rules for women are stricter. It must be completely covered. The only exceptions are the face and hands. Never wear tight or dirty clothes. The body of a person, his vestments and the place of prayer must be clean. If wudu is not enough, you need to perform a full body ablution (ghusl).

Fajr: rak'ahs and terms

Each of the five prayers consists of rak'ahs. This is the name of one cycle of prayer, which is repeated from two to four times. The number depends on what kind of prayer the Muslim performs. Each rakah includes a certain sequence of actions. Depending on the type of prayer, it may vary slightly.

Consider what fajr consists of, how many rak'ahs a believer should perform and how to perform them correctly. Morning prayer consists of only two consecutive cycles of prayer.

Some of the actions included in them have specific names that came to us from the Arabic language. Below is a list of the most important concepts that a believer should know:

• niyat - the intention to perform prayer;
• takbir - exaltation of Allah (the words "Allahu Akbar", meaning "Allah is Great");
• qiyam - staying in a standing position;
• sajda - kneeling posture or prostration;
• dua - prayer;
• taslim - greeting, the final part of the prayer.

Now consider both cycles of Fajr prayer. How to read a prayer, people who have only recently converted to Islam will ask? In addition to following the sequence of actions, it is necessary to monitor the pronunciation of words. Of course, a true Muslim not only pronounces them correctly, but also puts his soul into them.

First rak'ah of Fajr prayer

The first cycle of prayer begins with niyat in the qiyam position. The believer expresses the intention mentally, mentioning the name of the prayer in it.

Then the Muslim should raise his hands at the level of the ears, touch the earlobes with his thumbs and point his palms towards the qibla. While in this position, he must say the takbir. It must be spoken aloud, and it is not necessary to do it in full voice. In Islam, Allah can be glorified in a whisper, but in such a way that the believer hears himself.

Then he covers his left hand with the palm of his right hand, clasping his wrist with his little finger and thumb, lowers his hands slightly below the navel and reads the first sura of the Qur'an "Al-Fatiha". If desired, a Muslim can speak an additional chapter from the Holy Scriptures.

This is followed by a bow, straightening and sajda. Further, the Muslim unbends his back, remaining in a kneeling position, once again falls on his face before Allah and straightens up again. This completes the performance of the rak'ah.

Second rak'ah of Fajr prayer

The cycles included in the morning prayer (fajr) are performed in different ways. In the second rak'ah, you do not need to pronounce the niyat. The Muslim stands in the qiyam position, folding his hands on his chest, as in the first cycle, and begins to pronounce the surah Al-Fatiha.

Then he makes two earthly bows and sits on his feet, shifted to the right side. In this position, you need to pronounce the dua "At-tahiyat".

At the end, he says taslim. He pronounces it twice, turning his head first towards the right shoulder, then the left.

This ends the prayer. Fajr is performed by both men and women. However, they perform it differently.

How do women perform morning prayers?

When performing the first rak'ah, the woman should keep her hands at shoulder level, while the man raises them to the ears.

She bows at the waist not as deep as a man, and while reading the surah Al-Fatiha, she folds her hands on her chest, and not below the navel.

The rules for performing prayers differ slightly from those for men. In addition to them, a Muslim woman should know that it is forbidden to perform it during menstruation (hayd) or postpartum bleeding (nifas). Only after being cleansed of filth, she will be able to perform prayer correctly, otherwise the woman will become a sinner.

What should a person do if he misses the morning prayer?

It is worth touching on another important issue. What should a Muslim who missed the morning prayer do? In such a situation, one should consider the reason why he made such a mistake. From whether it is respectful or not, the further actions of a person depend. For example, if a Muslim set an alarm, specially went to bed early, but in spite of all his actions overslept, he can fulfill his duty to the Almighty at any free time, since, in fact, he is not to blame.

However, if the reason was disrespectful, then the rules are different. Fajr prayer should be performed as quickly as possible, but not during those time periods when prayer is strictly forbidden to be performed.

When is prayer not allowed?

There are several such intervals in a day, during which it is extremely undesirable to pray. These include periods

• after reading the morning prayer and before sunrise;
• within 15 minutes after dawn, until the luminary rises in the sky to the height of one spear;
• when it is at its zenith;
• after reading Asra (afternoon prayer) until sunset.

At any other time, prayer can be reimbursed, but it is better not to neglect the sacred act, because the pre-dawn prayer read on time, into which a person put his heart and soul, as the prophet Muhammad said, is better than the whole world, more significant than everything that fills it. A Muslim who performs Fajr at sunrise will not go to hell, but will be awarded the great rewards that Allah will bestow on him.

(peace and blessings be upon him) says: “There are five prayers that Allah ordered His servants to perform. Whoever performs them properly, properly, Allah has promised him Paradise. And who did not fulfill his duties, he is in danger. Allah will punish him or grant him forgiveness at His will.”

Five obligatory prayers

1. Morning prayer (“as-subh”).

2. Noon prayer (“az-zuhr”).

3. Afternoon prayer (“al-‘asr”).

4. Evening prayer ("al-maghrib").

5. Night prayer (“al-‘isha”).

Every adult and mentally complete Muslim (mukallaf), except for a woman who is in the period of menstruation or postpartum cleansing, must perform five prayers a day.

The first prayer performed by the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the dinner prayer. Imam Tabarani narrated in the book “Awsat” from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Said (may Allah be pleased with him): “The first obligatory prayer assigned by the Lord to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is prayer".

Since that time, about one and a half thousand years have passed, and it is even difficult to guess how many prayers were performed on this land by Muslims.

One of the conditions for the obligatory fivefold prayer (prayer) is the performance of each of the five prayers in a certain period of time. Therefore, the obligatory prayer should be performed only after the time for the corresponding prayer comes. Therefore, it is necessary to know how to determine the beginning and end of prayer times.

Modern Muslims are used to the fact that the azan is proclaimed from the minarets of mosques, prayer times can be found on the Internet or in calendars with a prayer schedule. But at the same time, in different schedules, the time of prayers often differs, the same is true on the Internet. This creates a certain inconvenience, plus, for the most part, believers do not even have an idea how the time of each of the prayers is determined. What should a Muslim do if he finds himself in some place where there are no mosques, no Internet and no prayer calendar?

Therefore, Muslims must know when the time for each prayer comes, and, if necessary, determine the right hour for themselves in order to pray in a timely manner.

The answer is simple: the obligatory five times prayer is performed there according to the schedule of the nearest settlement, where the change of day and night occurs as usual. This is the specificity of a long night and an endless day.

Prayer in space

It is fair to ask: how to determine the time of prayers in space? How to pray to Muslim astronauts?

According to modern Islamic scholars, in space, where there are no concepts of "day" or "night", the time for prayer must be tied not to sunrise and sunset, but to the 24-hour rhythm of life. In this case, the time zone for the reference will be determined relative to the region from which the spacecraft is launched.

As we can see, prayer cannot be skipped and postponed even in space.

The more we delay the performance of prayer, the less reward we receive for it. Therefore, it is necessary to hurry with the performance of the obligatory prayer when its time comes.

May Allah accept all our prayers!

For all five prayers, the most valuable time for its performance is prescribed the same - this is the beginning of the time, when a person is convinced that the prayer time has come and plus as much as necessary to comply with the necessary actions and conditions of prayer: cleansing, washing, dressing to cover the awrah, committing fard and its sunnats-muakkada (especially valuable sunnats) and ordinary sunnats.

If after the announcement of the azan in the mosque before the iqamat time passes until people gather for jamaat, this will not damage the most valuable time for doing it, if the pause is not too long.

The most valuable and chosen time for all five prayers

For morning prayer the best and chosen time is considered to be after the above most valuable time, before it becomes light. The allowable time after that is the time when the redness (of the rising sun) appears at sunrise. The time until which it is reprehensible (karaha) to postpone the performance of the morning prayer is the period from the moment when it becomes light until sunrise.

Postponing the morning prayer until the time before sunrise is not enough time to complete the prayer (in such a way that the end of the prayer remains for a while after the expiration of the period for prayer), without a good reason, is sinful (haram). In this case, you need to immediately pray, and if at least one rak'ah of prayer is performed before the expiration of the time allotted for prayer, this prayer is considered to be completed on time. The period for which it is sinful to postpone the prayer is the same for all five prayers.

If a person, after performing a night prayer, being distracted by unnecessary things either in the world or in Ahirat, went to bed late and slept until sunrise, also if he woke up at dawn and fell asleep again, without getting up for prayer, and overslept, then this delay is not considered a good reason.

Permissible for midday prayer – this is the time when the shadow of a vertically standing object will increase by half its (object) length; the shortest shadow of the sun at the zenith is not taken into account. The time until which you can postpone the performance of the midday prayer is the time after the end of the allowable period and as long as necessary for the performance of the prayer.

Chosen for Afternoon Prayer the moment is considered when the shadow of a vertically standing object does not become twice as long as the object itself; the size of the shadow of the object at the zenith is not taken into account.

There is no objection to performing the afternoon prayer until the sun turns yellow. The time allowed for this prayer, but undesirable (karaha) is the period when, after the “yellowing” of the sun, there is time for prayer. Postponing the afternoon prayer beyond this time falls into the period of time when it is sinful (haram) to perform prayer.

For the evening prayer, the most valuable, chosen and not blamed time is one. Since there is great disagreement about the time of this prayer, it is considered undesirable to postpone from the time that we previously described as the most valuable for prayer until there is time for prayer until the red tint (shafak al-ahmar) disappears from the sky ( karakh). A period after this period is considered sinful time.

For night prayer the chosen time after the most valuable is the time until the first third of the night has passed. It is believed that this time lasts until midnight. The time when you can perform a night prayer without a karakh is the period until a false dawn comes.

From now on, you can perform night prayer, until there is enough time left to complete the prayer, but this is undesirable (karaha). And postponing for a period after this time is considered sinful.

If all one rak'ah falls within the time (prescribed) for prayer, then this prayer is considered to be performed on time, and if less than the rak'ah falls within this period, then this prayer is considered to be performed as reimbursable.

If before the expiration of the prayer period there is enough time left to at least say the smallest thing - “Allahu Akbar”, then it is believed that the reason for not performing prayer has disappeared, for example, a person has regained consciousness, freed himself from genies, has reached the age of majority, or a woman at that moment was cleansed of haiz or nifas, then this prayer is considered obligatory, and it must be compensated.

If it was a prayer that can be combined on the way (safar) with other prayers, for example, afternoon or night, then it is necessary to compensate for the combined prayers, that is, midday or evening. For example, if one who was unconscious came to his senses when there was enough time left before the expiration of the afternoon prayer to say only “Allahu Akbar” or more than that, then he must refund the afternoon and previous noon prayers.

Also, if after the time of prayer, the time for which prayer can be performed, or more than this, has passed, and there is a reason why it is impossible to perform prayer, for example, loss of consciousness, the onset of menstruation, then the person is subsequently obliged to compensate this prayer.

But if this prayer can be combined on the way, then the subsequent prayer does not need to be reimbursed. Women should pay special attention to this. They must carefully monitor the monthly cycle - its beginning and end.

This is necessary so that a woman does not miss the prayers that she is obliged to perform, or that it is sinful to perform in a certain state. That's all she needs to know. For example, if menstruation began after the start of the prayer period after the time for which it was possible to perform prayer, then she must compensate it, and if it began in less time than would be enough for prayer, then it is sinful for her to compensate this prayer.

Also, if there was so much time left before the expiration of the prayer period that it was possible to say “Allahu Akbar”, then she should reimburse this prayer, and if there was less time, then it is a sin for her to reimburse it.

From book Akhmad-hadji Isaev « IRSHADUL AVAM »

Prayer times in Islam are specific periods of time in which a Muslim must perform the obligatory prayer. Reading namaz (prayer) five times a day five times a prayer is one of the pillars of Islam. Anyone who, for a religiously disrespectful reason, misses prayer falls into sin, and is obliged to make up for the missed prayer at the first opportunity.

Prayer time is determined depending on the time of day and the position of the Sun in the sky. For example, lunch prayer (zuhr) is performed at noon, as soon as the Sun has passed the zenith point. The time for morning prayer (fajr) comes after dawn. Muslims perform evening prayer after sunset.

The history of Islam captures the fact of the first prayer performed by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at the command of Almighty Allah. It was midday prayer. In his Qur'an, Allah prescribed five prayers for all Muslims. In Surah al-Baqarah, He says: “Strictly persevere in the performance of the five obligatory prayers” (ayat 238).

The Messenger of Allah also said about the importance of performing obligatory prayers: “There are five prayers that Allah ordered His servants to perform. Whoever performs them properly, properly, Allah has promised him Paradise. And who did not fulfill his duties, he is in danger. Allah will punish him or grant him forgiveness at His will.”

Prayer times - when to pray?

Depending on the geographical location of the area, it changes and, for example, morning prayer should be performed later than in Ufa, since these cities are located in different time zones. A sufficiently large gap is given for performing prayers. But still, it is recommended to start prayer without delay, as soon as the time for prayer comes.

So, the fivefold prayer in Islam is performed in the following order:

• (morning) - begins at dawn and ends with sunrise. It is recommended to complete the morning prayer 3-5 minutes before the specified time.
• (midday) - begins at the moment when the Sun has passed the zenith point and ends at the moment when the shadow from the object is equal to the object itself. From this moment, the time of the next prayer - "Asr" enters.
• (afternoon, or evening prayer) - begins from the moment when the shadow from the object lengthens in double size. The time of the evening prayer ends at the moment of sunset, that is, when the solar disk is completely hidden behind the horizon.
• (evening, or sunset prayer) is performed in the interval between sunset and the end of twilight. It is recommended to start the evening prayer (Maghrib) no earlier than 3-5 minutes after the indicated moment.
• "Isha" (night prayer) begins with the disappearance of the evening dawn and lasts until dawn, when the Sun descends to a depth of 15 ° below the horizon. If the Sun does not fall below 18° below the horizon, the night prayer begins 1 hour and 30 minutes after sunset.

The first Muslims determined the beginning of prayer by the Sun. And now prayer times can be found both on the Internet and in special booklets-calendars that are issued by Muslim organizations. They give the time of prayer for a month in the form of a table, where the beginning of the prayer is indicated to the nearest minute, as well as holiday prayers, if there are Muslim holidays in this month.