CALLED to Pray: 52 Devotions & Prayers for Women

Product Information

The prescribed times of the prayers depicted in place of the position of the sun in the sky, relative to the worshipper. It is of 17 and 18 degrees respectively for Fadjr and Isha prayers according to the Muslim World League.

Time for dhuhr and asr prayers overlap, but the zuhr prayer must be offered before asr, except the time about 10 minutes before sunset, which is delegated exclusively to asr. Per all major Jafari jurists, [ citation needed] start of asr time is about 5 minutes after the time of sun passing through zenith, that time belongs exclusively to dhuhr prayer. To calculate prayer times two astronomical measures are necessary, the declination of the sun and the difference between clock time and sundial clock. The astronomical sunset/sunrise that occurs at α = 0 {\displaystyle \alpha =0} , but atmospheric refraction makes the sun appear 50 arcminutes higher. The first term is the 12 o'clock noon, the second term accounts for the difference between true and mean solar times, and the third term accounts for the difference between the local mean solar time and the timezone.There are varying opinions regarding the exact salah times, the schools of Islamic thought differing in minor details. Zuhr and Asr prayers must be offered before sunset, and the time for Asr starts after Zuhr has been prayed. t {\displaystyle \Delta t} and δ {\displaystyle \delta } denotes the equation of time term and the declination of the Sun for a given date, respectively.

For the rest of Imams, "Asr starts when the shadow of an object becomes equal to its length (plus the length of its shadow at the start time of Zuhr). In addition to the above measures, to calculate prayer times for a specific location we need its spherical coordinates. The five daily prayers are considered obligatory ( fard) by many and they are performed at times determined essentially by the position of the Sun in the sky.

The five intervals were defined by Muslim authorities in the decades after the death of Muhammad in 632, based on the hadith (the reported sayings and actions) of the Islamic prophet. Asr can be split into two sections; the preferred time is before the sun starts to turn orange, while the time of necessity is from when the sun turns orange until sunset. According to Imam Abu Hanifa, "Asr starts when the shadow of an object becomes twice its height (plus the length of its shadow at the start time of Zuhr). displaystyle \lambda } and ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } are the longitude and the latitude of the considered point, respectively. Sundial indicating prayer times, situated in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia.