Prayer: When Does ʿAṣr Time End and What Is the Exact Sharʿī Midnight?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: When Does ʿAṣr Time End and What Is the Exact Sharʿī Midnight?

English:

Question #361:

Does the time of the afternoon prayer extend until the adhān of maghrib or does it end just at sunset? Also what is the exact time of shar‘ī midnight regarding ‘ishā’ prayer and passing the night at Mina in hajj?

Answer #361:

The end limit of the time of the afternoon prayer is sunset. For calculating shar‘ī midnight, one should consider the length of the night from sunset till fajr.

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