Fatwa ID: 07731

Answered by Aalimah Khadija Tarwala 

Question:

Will my namaz be considered as qadha or adha (on time) when the prayer time exists while I am praying salah and the next prayer time enters while I am in salah? I know my namaz will be valid except for fajr but I want to know whether my namaz will be considered qadha or adha in these situations.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Your salah will be accepted if you started it while there was still some time left for that prayer, even if the time for the next prayer passes while you are still engaged in your current salah. This means that your prayer is considered as adha (valid) in this situation.

The principle is that as long as you began your salah during the permissible time, your prayer remains valid regardless of whether the next prayer time begins while you are praying. 

However, if the time for Fajr finishes (i.e., the sun rises) whilst you are in the middle of your Fajr salah, your prayer will be invalidated.

Any prayer performed when there was time left will be accepted, except for Fajr prayer if it extends beyond its designated time.

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Aalimah Khadija Tarwala.

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah.

Darul Ifta Birmingham.

وَحَاصِل هَذَا أَن الصَّلَاة يتضيق وُجُوبهَا فِي آخر الْوَقْت إِذا بَقِي من الْوَقْت مِقْدَار مَا يُمكن أَدَاء تِلْكَ الصَّلَاة فِيهِ بِلَا خلاف بَين أَصْحَابنَا.

تحفة الفقهاء، علاء الدين السمرقندي، ج1، ص233.

وعَلى هَذَا إِذا كَانَت طَاهِرَة فَحَاضَت فِي آخر الْوَقْت أَو كَانَ مُقيما فسافر أَو ارْتَدَّ فِي آخر الْوَقْت فَلَا قَضَاء عَلَيْهِ.

تحفة الفقهاء، علاء الدين السمرقندي، ج1، ص233.

عند الإمام أبي حنيفة والإمام محمد لو أشرقت الشمس وهو في صلاة الفجر بطلت صلاته.

فقه العبادات على المذهب الحنفي، نجاح الحلبي، ص71