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F40Chapter of the Conditions of Prayer

The time of the dawn prayer, from its beginning to its end

When does the time of the dawn prayer begin and when does it end according to the four imams?

Hanafi

The dawn prayer begins at true dawn and lasts until sunrise; praying it once the light has spread is preferable.

Reference: Al-Hidāyah — Radd al-Muḥtār — Marāqī al-Falāḥ
Maliki

It begins at true dawn; its preferred time runs until the light spreads, and its time of necessity extends to sunrise.

Reference: Al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr — Ḥāshiyat al-Dasūqī — Minaḥ al-Jalīl
Shāfiʿī

It begins at true dawn and lasts until sunrise; praying it in the first darkness is preferable.

Reference: Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn — Al-Majmūʿ — Mughnī al-Muḥtāj
Hanbali

It begins at true dawn and lasts until sunrise; praying it in the first darkness is preferable.

Reference: Zād al-Mustaqniʿ — Kashshāf al-Qināʿ — Al-Inṣāf