

While it might not matter what we call this time of prohibition as long as our acts are according to Allah (SWT)’s orders, it’s still better to know. And the actual terminology used for the time when the solar noon strikes and Muslims can’t observe a prayer is “Istiwa.”. (Raddul Muhtar p.31 v.2) To calculate ‘Istiwa’, it is half of the time between Sunrise and Sunset.In other words, it’s perfectly alright to pray during Zawal. Istiwa is when the Sun is at its highest peak at noon and that is when to read salah is impermissible. Zawal means the time when the Sun moves away from its peak and this is when Zuhr time starts.

That was nearly the total budget for the city of Selma and really there was no way for us to.

