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Finding the Earliest Duration Between Sunset and Esha for Accurate Salaah Times

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Q: I wanted to know what is the earliest duration between exactly sunset and esha (1h15 minutes or 1h 20 minutes)?  The reason for asking this question is that there is a site called islamic finder that has salaah times which seems to be very accurate and wanted to use it.

Bismillaah

A: The times keep fluctuating and differing according to the seasons and locations. However, the directive of the hadeeth is that the time of Esha will commence with the disappearing of the shafaq-e-abyadh (the white glow on the horizon at the time of sunset). 

وأول وقت المغرب إذا غربت الشمس وآخر وقتها مالم يغب الشفق وقال الشافعي رحمه الله مقدار ما يصلى فيه ثلاث ركعات لأن جبريل عليه السلام أم في اليومين في وقت واحد ولنا قوله عليه الصلاة والسلام أول وقت المغرب حين تغرب الشمس وآخر وقتها حين يغيب الشفق وما رواه كان للتحرز عن الكراهة ثم الشفق هو البياض الذي في الأفق بعد الحمرة عند أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى وعندهما هو الحمرة وهو رواية عن أبي حنيفة وهو قول الشافعي لقوله عليه الصلاة والسلام الشفق الحمرة ولأبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى قوله عليه الصلاة والسلام وآخر وقت المغرب إذا اسود الأفق وما رواه موقوف على ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما ذكره مالك رحمه الله في الموطأ وفيه اختلاف الصحابة وأول وقت العشاء إذا غاب الشفق (الهداية 1/ 81-82)

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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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