When is the time for Salaatu-Duhaa?
Question:
"I wanted to know what time do we pray salaatu-duhaa? I was told to pray 10:00am in the morning but now it is winter and salaatu-dhuhur comes in at 11:00am. So what time should I pray salaatu-duhaa?"
Answer:
"The time for salaatu-Duhaa is wide ranging. It starts from the time that the sun rises until the time of salaatu-Dhuhur. After the sun rises by about quarter of an hour until the time for salaatu-Dhuhur, this is all the time of salaatu-Duhaa. So if she prays at the beginning of that time which is a quarter of an hour after Fajr or during the middle of that time or right before salaatu-Dhuhur then there is no problem in doing so. But the best thing for a servant of Allaah to do is to pray salaatul-Fajr and then stay in the masjid until the sun rises and wait for quarter of an hour and then pray salaatu-Duhaa. This is the best thing to do. If one does not sit in the masjid, then the best time to pray is when the heat is intensive. Due to the saying of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم: “the salaat of the Awwaabeen (those who keep turning back to Allaah تعالى) is when the heat is intensified."[1]
[1] Reported in Saheeh Muslim, Kitaab Salaatil-Musaafireena wa Qasrihaa, (#748).
Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan al-‘Ajlaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by Albaseerah.org.
Source: Question & Answer Session, 14th of December, 2006. [Click here for a screenshot in PDF format]
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
"I wanted to know what time do we pray salaatu-duhaa? I was told to pray 10:00am in the morning but now it is winter and salaatu-dhuhur comes in at 11:00am. So what time should I pray salaatu-duhaa?"
Answer:
"The time for salaatu-Duhaa is wide ranging. It starts from the time that the sun rises until the time of salaatu-Dhuhur. After the sun rises by about quarter of an hour until the time for salaatu-Dhuhur, this is all the time of salaatu-Duhaa. So if she prays at the beginning of that time which is a quarter of an hour after Fajr or during the middle of that time or right before salaatu-Dhuhur then there is no problem in doing so. But the best thing for a servant of Allaah to do is to pray salaatul-Fajr and then stay in the masjid until the sun rises and wait for quarter of an hour and then pray salaatu-Duhaa. This is the best thing to do. If one does not sit in the masjid, then the best time to pray is when the heat is intensive. Due to the saying of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم: “the salaat of the Awwaabeen (those who keep turning back to Allaah تعالى) is when the heat is intensified."[1]
[1] Reported in Saheeh Muslim, Kitaab Salaatil-Musaafireena wa Qasrihaa, (#748).
Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan al-‘Ajlaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by Albaseerah.org.
Source: Question & Answer Session, 14th of December, 2006. [Click here for a screenshot in PDF format]
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.