What is the cut off time for Ishaa prayers?

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by Asma bint Shameem

❓QUESTION ❓

🌿 ANSWER🌿

The cut off time for ishaa prayer is until midnight.

That’s what the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said in an authentic hadeeth.

🍃 He Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said:

“The time of Ishaa is until midnight” (Muslim)

However keep in mind that “midnight” is not always 12 am like most of us believe.

Islaamically, ‘midnight’ is the *middle point* between Maghrib and fajr.

So count the number of hours from Maghrib till fajr, divide that in half and the midpoint is midnight.

So for example, if Maghrib is at 7 pm and fajr is at 6:00 am, that’s a total of 11 and half hours.

That’s eleven hours from 7 pm to 6 am.

And midpoint of that would be HALF of eleven, which is five and hours.

So count five and half hours from Maghrib time (i.e.7 pm) and that would give you 12:30.

Similarly just calculate the midpoint for each night.

That’ll give you the time for midnight. And it will vary from place to place and season to season.

However if there’s a “VALID” REASON for delaying ishaa, one can pray it up until fajr.

That’ll be the ’emergency time’ for ishaa.

And Allaah knows best

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