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PENENTUAN AWAL WAKTU SOLAT SUBUH DI NEGERI KEDAH DARUL AMAN
How is the start of the Subuh prayer time determined in Kedah, and must earlier Subuh prayers be made up?
Short answer
The Kedah Fatwa Committee accepted the National Council's decision to use a solar altitude of 18° below the horizon for the start of Subuh, instead of the earlier 20°.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Kedah State Mufti Department
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad Al-Fatwa
- Topic
- Astronomy & Calendar
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The Kedah Fatwa Committee accepted the National Council's decision to use a solar altitude of 18° below the horizon for the start of Subuh, instead of the earlier 20°. This adds about 8 minutes to the Subuh and Imsak times, as it better matches the onset of true dawn (Fajar Sodiq) according to a JAKIM sky brightness study. Subuh prayers performed earlier remain valid and need not be made up, because they rested on earlier scholarly ijtihad, in line with the maxim that ijtihad is not overturned by later ijtihad. The new timetable took effect on 25 February 2020.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Sementara solat Subuh yang telah didirikan sebelum ini tetap dikira sah dan tidak perlu diqadha' kerana atas ijtihad para ulamak terdahulu.
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How to cite
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Kedah State Mufti Department. “PENENTUAN AWAL WAKTU SOLAT SUBUH DI NEGERI KEDAH DARUL AMAN”, date not stated. https://ifatwa.kedah.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1-PENENTUAN-AWAL-WAKTU-SOLAT-SUBUH-DI-NEGERI-KEDAH.pdf. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/start-of-subuh-prayer-time-kedah/