Times of Salah

1. The beginning of the time for the dawn (fajr) [prayer] is when the second dawn rises, and that is the lateral whiteness on the horizon.  The end of its time is as long as the sun has not risen. 

2.The beginning of the time for zuhr is when the sun declines.  The end of its time according to Abu Hanifah is when the shadow of everything becomes twice its [length] in addition to the shadow at midday.  Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : when the shadow if everything becomes its [length] [instead of twice]. 

3. The beginning of the time for `asr is when the time for zuhr departs, according to both views.  The end of its time is as long as the sun has not set. 

4.The beginning of the time for maghrib is when the sun has set.  The end of its time is as long as the twilight has not  disappeared. [The twilight] is, according to Abu Hanifah, the whiteness on the horizon after the redness.  Abu Yusuf and Muhammad said : it is the redness. 

5.The beginning of the time for `isha’is when the twilight has disappeared.  The end of its time is as long as the dawn has not yet risen. The beginning of the time for witr is after `isha’.  The end of  its time is as long as the dawn has not risen.