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Lesson No 51
Ans. Haram is an act totally forbidden in express terms. Its doer is a transgressor and deserves punishment. Its denouncer is an unbeliever. Near-forbidden is an act understood to be forbidden through inference. Its denouncer is not an unbeliever but a sinner. Semi-forbidden act is one which, if avoided attracts reward but brings no curse to one who practices it. It is at best an undesirable act.
Ans. Permissible act is one that neither merits reward nor attracts punishment.
Ans. There appears a kind of whiteness on the horizon in the East about one and a half hours before sunrise. That white phenomenon rises upwards from the earth in the shape of a column. This is known as false dawn (Subh Kazib). This whiteness disappears after a short while. Another whiteness appears on the horizon. It spreads from right to left in the East. It prevails the entire eastern edge of the horizon. It does not move up vertically. This is known as true dawn (Subh Sadiq). Time for the Salat of Fajr begins with the dawn of this true morning. It lasts till before sunrise. Even if a little bit of sun makes its appearance, time for Fajr must be deemed to have been over.
Ans. Salat of Fajr is desirable at a time when it is already bright and at the same time there is sufficient time to say the prayer with-ease in keeping with the Prophet's precept as well as to revise the prayer (according to the Prophet's precept) before sunrise in case of some fault having crept into the Salat once said.
Ans. The time for Dhuhr begins after the sun has started declining. It is over when the shadow of an object becomes twice as long as its actual size plus the shadow it had at exact noon.
Ans. It is preferable to delay the Salat until the severity of heat subsides during summer and desirable to advance it during the winter season. The Salat must however, be said when the shadow is still equal to its original in size. Please Select the Lessons from Jump Menu
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