QUESTION:
If we start our 4 rakah fard salah at the very end time of zuhr, is the prayer valid? And is there any dislike? Is this same for all prayers?
ANSWER:
The prayer will be valid without any karahah (dislike).
This is not the case for all of the prayers but only for Fajr & Dhuhr. For the other prayers i.e Asr, Magrib & Isha, delaying it for a long of period of time is makruh, though the time may remain.
Al-Imam Amjad Ali al-A’zhami (رحمة الله عليه) writes from the authority of al-Bahrur Raiq:
فجر اور ظہر کے پورے وقت اوّل سے آخر تک بلا کراہت ہیں۔ یعنی یہ نمازیں اپنے وقت کے جس حصے میں پڑھی جائیں اصلاً مکروہ نہیں-
“The Fajr & Dhuhr prayer, from the beginning till the end time, is valid without any dislike – that means these prayers (can be prayed) at any point of time during their allotted time and will not be makruh (disliked).”
[Bahar-e-Shari’ah 3/457]
Allah knows best.
Answered by Mawlana Mohammed Kashif
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