EXPLAINED: How Prayer Times are Calculated

🎓 Start learning Islamic studies properly: https://skool.com/karima

How are Islamic prayer times actually calculated? In this detailed explainer, we break down the science and scholarship behind salah timings, including why different mosques and apps sometimes display different times for Fajr and Isha.
Learn what the degrees of the sun below the horizon actually mean, why scholars differ between 18, 15, and 12 degrees, and what the correct position is according to classical scholarship. We also cover the issue of estimation during the summer months in the UK, the connection to the hadith of Dajjal, and practical guidance on praying at your local mosque.
This video is essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand:

How prayer times are determined by the position of the sun
The difference between Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and tahajjud timings
Why Karima Foundation's timetable differs from other timetables
Whether to estimate Isha in long summer days
What to do about previous prayers if you followed a different opinion

A clear, academically grounded explanation for the Muslim community in the UK and beyond.

#PrayerTimes #IslamicPrayer #Salah #Fajr #Isha #IslamicEducation #Fiqh #KarimaFoundation #Muslim #IslamUK

🔔 Subscribe for more Islamic knowledge, reminders, and lessons grounded in the Sunnah.

📲 Follow us:
Instagram Karima Foundation → https://www.instagram.com/karimafoundation/
Instagram Karima Academy → https://www.instagram.com/karimaacademy/
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/karimafoundation
Telegram → https://telegram.me/karimaknowledge
Donate → https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/karimabuilding

Karima Foundation
www.karima.org.uk/info

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:44 Our position
01:50 Allah's command to pray at the appointed time (Surah An-Nisa)
03:23 It is upon us to pray at the correct time
04:31 Timings are based on the movement of the sun
06:27 Where do the degrees come from?
07:45 Differences of opinion between scholars
08:52 There is no 15 degrees opinion
09:48 What do the degrees actually mean?
11:28 Why we now use clocks and fixed times
12:05 This is not a new method
13:07 Diagram of timings based on the sun
14:25 Defining the twilight terms
15:12 There is no difference of opinion for Fajr
15:51 18 degrees vs 15 degrees vs 12 degrees
16:47 Understanding the conflict
19:06 Maghrib and Isha beginning explained
22:14 What do we do in the summer months
22:43 Our position for Isha
26:07 Do not estimate
27:01 Question 1
28:21 The summer months
28:44 The issue with 12 degrees
29:30 Our position on Fajr
31:33 Why Fajr changes by 15 minutes overnight
32:40 The position of estimation
33:05 The hadith of Dajjal
35:49 Following your local mosque
36:27 Can you pray jamaat at the mosque?
37:35 Why Karima is different to the Dawat-e-Islami timetable
41:02 You can't pick and choose
42:27 What time should you pray tahajjud
44:06 Are my previous prayers accepted?
44:18 What if I choose to stay with 12 degrees
44:40 How far do these discussions go back

Видео EXPLAINED: How Prayer Times are Calculated канала Karima Foundation