Prayer: Obligation of Performing Prayers After Adhān at Prescribed Times

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Obligation of Performing Prayers After Adhān at Prescribed Times

English:

Question #352:

Is it obligatory to perform noon prayers after the adhān of noon and ‘aṣr prayers when its time has arrived, and to do the same with respect to maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers?

Answer #352:

After the time arrives, the mukallaf has the choice either to perform the two prayers together successively or to perform, each at its prescribed most excellent time of virtue.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer