Between Zuhr And Asr

[Labbayk313]

I've been told that after Zuhr, rather than praying Asr straight after reading Tasbih and Du'a which is allowed, it's recommended to delay a little before Asr to do ibadah, for instance reading Quran, more du'a, or exercising your body and/or mind.

How long should the recommended gap between the two prayers be?

[89jghur32]

The time between their fadheela, depending on the point in the year, can be 1 to 1.5 hours.

Edited December 12, 2012 by al-Irshad

[Labbayk313]

I see. How can fadheela be calculated? I used to know... But I forgot.

[89jghur32]

Very difficult to calculate yourself. Just email the team at moonsighting and explain that you want the additional timings or 2/7th, 4/7th and 6/7ths shadow lengths. The first is the beginning of the fadheela of Asr, the second is the end of Dhuhr, the third is the end of Asr.

[raficsulejmanovic]

Bro,

Is my understanding correct?

BTW, what is the significance of the 6/7? Don't quite get it ...

[miqdaad_v]

Salaam

To understand the various 1/7ths, please refer to my research on Ayatullah Khui's explanation for his ruling on the matter: http://miqdaad.blogspot.com/2011/10/harmonising-contradictory-narrations.html

Most other maraji's rulings are based on the same narrations...

Thanks

Miqdaad

[hh1997]

as a sayed i must say that it is not necessary to leave a gap between Duhur and Asr you can pray them after each other because it doesnt make a difference whether you wait and hour or two.

[89jghur32]

Zawal (or a bit after it) == Fadheela for dhuhr and the time for its nafila begin

2/7th == Fadheela for asr and its nafila begin and the time for dhuhr's nafila ends

4/7th == Fadheela for dhuhr ends and the time for asr's nafila ends

6/7th == Fadheela for asr ends

as a sayed i must say that it is not necessary to leave a gap between Duhur and Asr you can pray them after each other because it doesnt make a difference whether you wait and hour or two.

Being a sayyid doesn't give you the right to mouth off. It does matter if he waits an hour or two between them because he might miss the fadheela for one or both prayers.

[hh1997]

being a sayed does give me information passed on from generations and i do have knowledge and asked a couple of friends about this topic and they even answered there is no need to wait an hour or two, if you are sunni it may matter to you but if you were shia, there is no need to wait! please do your research before posting