Sunset And Namaz
Thank you, Dr. Irfan. If you’ve missed Asr or Fajr prayer, you can still offer them even if the sun sets or rises during the prayer. But for this, one should have prayed one rakat before sunrise or sunset as stated below. (Mizan’s text) چنانچہ فرمایا ہے کہ جس نے سورج نکلنے سے پہلے فجر کی ایک رکعت اور اُس کے غروب ہونے سے پہلے عصر کی ایک رکعت پڑھ لی ، اُسے مطمئن رہنا چاہیے کہ اُس نے یہ نمازیں پا لی ہیں ۔ Now, I have 2 questions. 1. After reading the text above, I am now confused whether praying during the “transitional period” is prohibited or praying during the actual times of sunrise and sunset is prohibited. And according to my knowledge, the time of Maghrib starts at the actual time of sunset so it is obviously not prohibited. So based on the above text, if one prayed one rakat a minute before the time of Maghrib and then the sun sets and the time of Maghrib starts. Now, is the prayer valid based on the above text? OR One rakat should be prayed before the transitional period and then it will be valid even if the transitional period starts. (This explanation doesn’t align with the words of the above text though) 2. And if the answer to the above question is the one after OR, how would one decide before how many minutes of sunrise or sunset should one pray one rakat and that rakat will be in time?