The are FIVE Prohibited Times to observe the Prayer
by Asmâ bint Shameem
There are FIVE times during the day in which the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam forbade us from praying Salaah.
1. From Fajr until sunrise
2. AT the time of sunrise
3.At Midday when the sun reaches its zenith
4 From Asr until Maghrib
5.AT the time of sunset
PROOF:
The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
“Pray Fajr, then refrain from praying until the sun has risen and become high, for when it rises, it rises between the horns of the Shaytaan and at that time the kuffaar prostrate to it.
Then pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended until the shadow of a spear falls directly north (midday).
Then refrain from praying, for at that time Hell is stoked up.
Then when the shadow moves forward, pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended, until you have prayed ‘Asr.
Then refrain from praying until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of the Shaytaan and at that time the kuffaar prostrate to it.”
(Saheeh Muslim)
And Uqbah ibn Aamir al-Juhani radhi Allaahu anhu said:
“There are three times during the day in which the Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam forbade us to pray or to bury our dead:
when the sun has clearly started to rise until it is completely risen,
when it is directly overhead at midday until it has passed its zenith, and
when the sun starts to set until it has completely set.” (Muslim)
The question is, Are ALL kinds of prayers prohibited at these times?
The reply is definitely No.
The prohibition to pray at these specific times applies to GENERAL VOLUNTARY prayers, which the scholars call al-nafl al-mutlaq (general nafl prayer).
But IF there’s a NEED and a REASON, it’s ALLOWED to offer Salaah EVEN at the prohibited times.
For example if you have to pray Tahiyyatul Masjid, or Tahiyyatul wudhu, or the two rak’ah after Tawaaf, or you have to pray the istikhaarah Prayer, or you missed the Sunnah associated with the obligatory Salaah, and other similar scenarios, then it’s allowed to pray such prayers even at the prohibited times because there’s a REASON why these prayers are being done.
Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen said about the hadeeth regarding prayer during the prohibited times:
“To sum up, this hadeeth is specific; if a person offers a prayer for which there is a reason, then it is not proscribed.
What I have mentioned….is the correct opinion, because there is no proscription on the prayers for which there is a reason.”
[Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (14/344)]
PROOF that it’s allowed to read nawaafil IF there’s a NEED even during prohibited times
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