“People will remain in a good state so long as they hasten to break the fast.” [Agreed upon].

It is impermissible to call the maghrib prayer “ʿishāʾ,” for he ﷺ said: “Do not let the Bedouin overpower you regarding the name of your sunset prayer (maghrib); the Bedouin call it ʿishāʾ.”

Al-Bukhari recorded this in the Book of Prayer, chapter “One who disliked that the maghrib prayer be called ʿishāʾ,” and it was also transmitted by Ahmad (5/55). In al-Muntaqā it is further ascribed to Muslim and labeled “[Agreed upon],” but this is an error, for it is not found in Muslim. The author of al-Mashāriq attributes it only to al-Bukhari, and so does al-Nawawi in al-Majmūʿ (3/29).

Al-Sindī commented: It seems that the purpose here and in similar narrations is to forbid the frequent use of Bedouin terminology lest it dominate the legally prescribed name; if the Bedouin term prevails, the sharʿī name will become rare among the people. Occasional use of the word ʿishāʾ, therefore, is not excluded. A comparable prohibition was given concerning the use of ʿatamah for the ʿishāʾ prayer, yet the term ʿatamah does appear in the law—though infrequently. Allah knows best.

4 – ʿIshāʾ

Its earliest time begins when the twilight disappears—that is, the red glow, as mentioned earlier. Among the proofs cited by those who uphold this view is what Ibn Sayyid al-Nās said in his commentary on al-Tirmidhi: “Everyone who has knowledge of the rising and setting of celestial bodies knows with certainty that the whiteness does not vanish until the first third of the night,” and that is