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**jobsfancy** · 03-19-2012, 10:43 PM

Is there anything wrong with praying Isha at 15 degrees? From what I understand, 18 degrees is the preferable opinion, and I try to pray Isha at 18 degrees, but my local Masjid (which is Ghair Muqallid/Ikhwani) prays Isha pretty early in the summer, meaning it is often prayed before the time for 18 degrees comes in.

It was recently determined that it is okay to pray Isha at 15° in North America (there was a conference held on the issue of Isha/Fajr times in Toronto). I think a mushahadah was done in Montreal to determine this.

The problems arise when some masajid go down to 12°, like my Deobandi masjid does during the summer time.

Fajr should be prayed after 18°. The Fajr issue is a bigger problem, especially when fasting - the 15° time comes later than the 18° time and many masajid erroneously - knowingly or unknowingly - use the 15° time for calculating Fajr.

03-19-2012, 10:43 PM	#4
jobsfancy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	Is there anything wrong with praying Isha at 15 degrees? From what I understand, 18 degrees is the preferable opinion, and I try to pray Isha at 18 degrees, but my local Masjid (which is Ghair Muqallid/Ikhwani) prays Isha pretty early in the summer, meaning it is often prayed before the time for 18 degrees comes in. It was recently determined that it is okay to pray Isha at 15° in North America (there was a conference held on the issue of Isha/Fajr times in Toronto). I think a mushahadah was done in Montreal to determine this. The problems arise when some masajid go down to 12°, like my Deobandi masjid does during the summer time. Fajr should be prayed after 18°. The Fajr issue is a bigger problem, especially when fasting - the 15° time comes later than the 18° time and many masajid erroneously - knowingly or unknowingly - use the 15° time for calculating Fajr.
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