article on Fajar and Isha observations by Dr ... - Hizbul Ulama UK

the earliest after closing sehri. The Survey of Pakistan and the MET dept of Pakistan have confirmed that
my chart is full in agreement with the fatawa.
7. According to Imam Abu Yusuf, azan for Fajr can be called before time. Mufti Rashid Ahmad
Ludhianvi had instructed the mo'azzan of his mosque to stand up one minute before time for azan, so that
one could swallow the morsel in his mouth or drink a glass of water. We have extended this interval to
three minutes to play safe for close of sehri. It takes 2-3 minutes to finish azan. And so by the time the azan
is finished, Fajr time will have started. As such, people will not be tempted to offer Sunna before time.
Similarly, women folk who are not to wait for the congregation, shall not offer farz prayers before time.
Note: a computer software in EXCEL prepared by this writer is available free of cost through emai., Using
it one can prepare sehr wa iftar/ 100-years prayer time schedule for any tow of known latitude and
longitude. Such data for more than 6,000 towns of Pakistan has already been in-built in the package.
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