Sunday, June 21, 2015

Inaccurate Prayer times by Android Apps

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The prayer calendar hanging in many masjids are a decade old.
The prayer calendar supplied by some Jamaths hasten even before sunset which will invalidate the fast.

Islamic finder is not accurate and has many problems.
For Prayer  timings in your area  use  http://moonsighting.com/pray.php , which is better than android apps and islamic finder.

"It is called for the Maghrib prayer when the sun is completely folded behind the horizon, plus 3 minutes by precaution."
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salat_times

http://praytime.info/index.php
"The above times are based on calculations only. Please allow +/- 3 minutes for Fajr, 1 minute for Dhuhr, and 2 minutes for Maghrib as a precaution."

"Sunset (some calculators suggest 1 to 3 minutes after Sunset for precaution)"
http://praytimes.org/calculation/

Moonsighting.com : http://moonsighting.com/how-we.html



The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, describing a dream that he had seen: “… until I was at the mountain, where I heard loud voices. I asked, ‘What are these voices?’ They said, ‘This is the howling of the people of Hellfire.’ Then I was taken [to another place], and I saw people hanging from their hamstrings, with the corners of their mouths torn and dripping with blood. I said, ‘Who are these?’ They said, ‘The people who broke their fast before it was the proper time to do so,’ i.e., before the time of iftaar.” (Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/420)



If the setting of the sun has become established for the fasting person through the calendar, it is recommended for him to break his fast even if the adhān hasn’t been called, because breaking the fast and the adhān are both equally linked to the setting, one is not linked to the other.
إذا ثبت للصائم غروب الشمس بالتقويم، استُحب له الفطر، وإن لم يؤذّن، لأن الفطر والأذان مرتبطان
Source: https://www.facebook.com/abdulazizaltarefe/posts/969831399745680

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