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Fatwa ID: 08126<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have read the hadith that if you make salah by 1 rak\u2018ah, you have made the salah. So does that mean just the fardh, or all the salah? For example, if \u1e92uhr is at 14:03 and I started praying at 13:55 \u2014 I pray 4 Sunnah first and then the 4 fardh, but fardh goes into 14:03. Is my salah still valid? Or does the hadith imply just for the fardh only?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Allah says in the Qur’an:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Indeed, performing prayers is a duty on the believers at the appointed times.”<\/span>
\nSurah al-Nis\u0101\u2019, Ayah 103<\/span><\/p>\n

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Offering salah even a few minutes before its prescribed time is invalid and must be repeated. This is because performing salah within its designated time is a condition for its validity. If someone prays before the prayer time enters, then the prayer is considered void and does not fulfil the obligation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Therefore, the hadith you are referring to \u2014 about catching one rak\u2018ah being sufficient \u2014 applies only if that one rak\u2018ah is prayed within the prayer time. In your example, if the fardh prayer began at 14:03 the sunnah prayer and the starting of the fardh was done before the entry of the prayer time, then it would not be valid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reference:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Radd al-Mu\u1e25t\u0101r, Volume 1, Book of \u1e62al\u0101h, Page 260, D\u0101r al-Kutub al-\u2018Ilmiyyah:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time is a condition for the validity of salah. If someone prays before the time enters, the prayer is invalid by consensus, whether done out of ignorance or deliberately.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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