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OK so I just download an app and for prayer time it is showing a large amount of prayer calculation hubs like:-
Muslim World League - 04:52 AM ISNA - 5:06 AM Musulamns de France - 05:19 AM
So which one I can follow anyone I find suitable or ?? And if I can not follow anyone than what is the role of others Hub ?
I need to fast that why I am focussing more on fajr prayer time
Follow the hub (actual term is calculation method) that the people around you in your area follow. Only difference in prayer time for the madhhabs is ‘Asr (Hanafi v. Hanbali, Shafi’i, Maliki). Here are the hubs:
Muslim World Leauge (18 degrees Fajr, 17 degrees Isha’): Europe, far east, parts of the US
Egyptian General Authority of Survey (19.5 degrees Fajr, 17.5 Isha’): Africa, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, parts of the US
Islamic Society of North America (15 degrees both): Parts of the US, Canada, parts of the UK
University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi (18 degrees both): Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, parts of Europe
Umm Al-Qura (19 degrees Fajr, 90 minutes after sunset Isha’): The Arabian Peninsula
Moreover, Imam Abu Hanifa’s view was that it should be 18 degrees both, but his disciples’ view was 18 degrees Fajr and 15 degrees Isha’ like the rest of the madhhabs (Shafi’i, Maliki, Hanbali). I suggest IslamicFinder which allows you to choose the Karachi hub (Abu Hanifa’s way) or the others’ way by customizing the degrees in the settings.
So, University of Islamic Sciencies, Karachi, if you are using Abu Hanifa’s view or customize the settings if you are a non-Hanafi (Abu Hanifa strict) person. You can also ask your mosque which calculation method they use, then use their timings or just use their hub. 1
EDIT: I decided to add also Jafari people do 16 degrees on both, Fajr and Isha’.
Fajr prayer is to be done during the pre-dawn period until the first ray of light. There’s no need to obsess over which specific minute and second. Just make sure to pray before the official sun rise of your location.
Evidences are many, here’s some from Muwatta: (note: Fajr = Subh ; there is the Fajr prayer which is a naafil and different then the obligatory Subh, but that’s a different topic)
Hadith No: 5 Narrated/Authority of Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar and from Busr ibn Said and from al-Araj-all of whom related it from Abu Hurayra - that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whoever manages to do a raka of subh before the sun has risen has done subh in time, and whoever manages to do a raka of asr before the sun has set has done asr in time."
Hadith No: 3 Narrated/Authority of Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked him about the time of the subh prayer. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not answer him, but in the morning he prayed subh at first light. The following morning he prayed subh when it was much lighter, and then said, 'Where is the man who was asking about the time of the prayer?' The man replied, 'Here I am, Messenger of Allah.' He said,'The time is between these two.'
Hadith No: 4 Narrated/Authority of Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray subh and the women would leave wrapped in their garments and they could not yet be recognised in the darkness."
