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Ishraaq Time: When Does it End?

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Q:

1. When does the time of Ishraaq end?

2. A person engages in Zikr after Fajr Salaah till the commencement of Ishraaq. He stops his Zikr, performs his Ishraaq at this earliest time, and thereafter resumes his Zikr until completion. Will it be better for him to complete all his Zikr first, and then perform his Ishraaq Salaah? Or will it be better to pause his Zikr and perform Ishraaq at the earliest time?

Bismillaah

A:

1. The time of Ishraaq ends at zawaal. It is however better to perform the ishraaq within the first quarter of the day (i.e. before the halfway point from after sunrise till zawaal). E.g. If sunrise is at 5:00am and zawaal is at 12:00pm, then ishraaq will commence approximately 20 minutes after sunrise (i.e. 5:20am) and performing the ishraaq within the first quarter of the day will be till before 8:30am.

2. To stop the zikr and perform the ishraaq is better. However completing the zikr and thereafter performing the ishraaq is permissible.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

عن عاصم بن ضمرة قال : سألنا عليا عن صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم من النهار ؟ فقال إنكم لا تطيقون ذاك فقلنا من أطاق ذاك منا فقال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم إذا كانت الشمس من ههنا كهيئتها من ههنا عند العصر صلى ركعتين وإذا كانت الشمس من ههنا كهيئتها من ههنا عند الظهر صلى أربعا وصلى أربعا قبل الظهر وبعدها ركعتين وقبل العصر أربعا يفصل بين كل ركعتين بالتسليم على الملائكة المقربين والنبيين والمرسلين ومن تبعهم من المؤمنين والمسلمين ، حدثنا محمد بن المثنى حدثنا محمد بن جعفر حدثنا شعبة عن أبي إسحق عن عاصم بن ضمرة عن علي : عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم : نحوه قال أبو عيسى : هذا حديث حسن (ترمذي #598)

(و) ندب (أربع فصاعدا في الضحى) على الصحيح من بعد الطلوع إلى الزوال ووقتها المختار بعد ربع النهار. (الدر المختار 2/23)

أحسن الفتاوى (3/467)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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