Practical Difficulty Of Fajr While In Janabah In Modern Life
Dr. Irfan sahab, I still don’t believe you fully understood my question and honestly, I’m not sure why or on what basis you made assumptions. I never mentioned wanting to compromise Fajr prayer timing, I simply wanted to understand how Islam justifies it. I never said I find bathing after intercourse with your wife shameful, indecent or that others would find it so. My point was about privacy. Constantly informing others every time you had intercourse with your wife feels indecent to me personally because it’s a private matter. You justified it by saying it’s a known practice but you don’t tell your family or friends, “I’ll be going and having sex with my wife, goodnight everyone.” Regarding the “adopted voluntarily routine” you mentioned, I made it clear in my situation that these routines aren’t “adopted voluntarily” in the way you’re describing. Many things are beyond a person’s control, such as when they arrive home, the duration of their commute, when dinner is prepared at their home, or how much time chores like preparing for the next day take. Sleep timing is often a result of all these factors combined. Also just to clarify, I already pray Fajr on time because of my current situation. I don’t have to go to office at 8-9. I’m not even married or have problems of living in a shared household. I’m trying to understand what Islam’s take here, and how the balance of strictness and ease in Islam actually works in real life. I’m trying to understand if Islam’s applied form is supposed to update/modify it self to current era where world wakes up and sleeps at different time. (not just individual sleep, but when work-life, markets, and daily systems operate). And I honestly don’t understand how taking off socks for wudu is considered an unusual hardship, while what I’m describing here is not. I also don’t understand how, in such a detailed question, the most straightforward part was ignored twice, which is about waking up in a state of janabah very close to the end of Fajr time. But it’s okay, I assume the answer would again be that I should have control over my sleep and try to wake up well before Fajr. Anyway, thank you for your time, Dr Irfan. After our conversation, I’ve realised that such questions shouldn’t be asked in a chat format where misunderstandings are more likely. I understand your answers, but I feel heavily misunderstood. I’m sure I’d have benefited more from your knowledge during a voice or video call. I apologise if anything I said caused any harm, I simply wanted to express myself fully as I felt misunderstood. I’ll take your answers for now and perhaps ask someone else the same questions in the future. Thanks.