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    Question ID: 146775Country: South africa

    Title: About Asar salah timing

    Question: I have confusion in Asr salah time. I follow Hanafi maslak and here people follow Shafi’i maslak. They offer Asr salah in early time and Hanafi time is late. I always make Asr salah alone without jamat. I want to know can I make salah with them or wait for Hanafi time? Please give me reply as soon as possible.

    Answer ID: 146775

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 192/169/N=3/1438)

    According to Hanafi Fiqh, as per the preferred opinion, the time of Asr commences after Mithlain (when the length of the shadow of an object reaches twice the length of it plus its own size). Hence you should offer Asr salah after Mithlain though you do not get Asr jamah. However, if you offer Asr salah before Mithlain then your salah shall be valid as per the opinion of Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad - may Allah have mercy upon them.

    وانظر هل إذا لزم من تأخيره العصر إلى المثلين فوت الجماعةيكون الأولى التأخير أم لا؟ والظاهر الأول بل يلزم لمن اعتقد رجحان قول الإمام تأمل، ثم رأيت في آخر شرح المنية: ناقلاً عن بعض الفتاوى أنه لو كان إمام محلته يصلى العشاء قبل غياب الشفق الأبيض فالأفضل أن يصليها وحده بعد البياض (رد المحتار، أول كتاب الصلاة، 2: 15، ط: مكتبة زكريا ديوبند).

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India