Asalaam Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakathuhu.
Hope everyone is ok and in the best health and state of eamaan inshallah.
Im really confused some people tell me you can pray esha till half way between when fajr starts and esha begins and some people tell me you can pray it before fajr. Also i heard its more rewarding to pray late. Im confused can someone please give me evidence on the stronger view please.
May Allah Subhanhuwatala forgive us all for our sins Ameen
Verily to him is our final return
ALLAHU AKBAR!!!!!
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Im sure I got a PM askin this before......
Ameen to your dua,
those who say you can pray before fajr are incorrect and spreading
Lies
and
distortions.
Before Fajr time it is Tahajjud time! Not Isha.
The consensus of the Ulema is that Isha ends at midnight. Of course, this is not 12:00am on your watch, but at the middle of the night, which you yourself must judge! So in winter you should aim to pray Isha at 11-12am at the latest.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“The time of ‘Isha’ is until midnight” (narrated by Muslim, al-Masaajid wa Mawaadi’ al-Salaah, 964)
So Reading Isha
Late means reading it to a time BEFORE this final End time. This is a recommendation from our Prophet
I will inshaAllah try and get some more information and evidence for this.
This is Fatwa from Shaykh Abdul Azeez Ibn Baz (Rahimahullah) who used to be Mufti of Saudi Arabia:
‘Isha prayer must be performed before midnight, and it is not permissible to delay it until midnight, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The time of ‘Isha’ is until midnight” (narrated by Muslim, al-Masaajid wa Mawaadi’ al-Salaah, 964). So you have to pray it before midnight, based on the length of the night, because the night may be longer or shorter, so the guideline is how many hours the night lasts. If the night is ten hours long, then it is not permissible to delay it until the end of the fifth hour. The best way it to pray it in the first third of the night. If a person prays it at the beginning of the time for ‘Isha, that is OK, but if he delays it a little while, that is preferable, because the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recommend delaying ‘Isha’ prayer for a little while. But if someone prays it at the beginning of its time, after the twilight – the reddish afterglow along the horizon – has vanished, there is nothing wrong with that. And Allaah knows best.
Majmoo’ah Fataawa al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, 10/386
wasalam