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Delaying the noon prayer to the cool (ibrad)

الإبراد

The Kuwaiti encyclopedia defines ibrad linguistically as entering the cool, or entering the late part of the day. For the jurists it is delaying the noon prayer until the time of cool, and the word is also used of leaving a slaughtered animal to cool before it is skinned. The Encyclopedia states that, in intense summer heat in hot countries, delaying the noon prayer is a permission that is recommended by agreement for one who attends the mosque in congregation, citing the hadith on the heat of Hell. If one of those conditions is missing, the recommendation is disputed and the Encyclopedia refers the detail to the entry on prayer times. 1

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Summary

Linguistically, ibrad means entering the cool, or entering the late part of the day. For the jurists it is delaying the noon prayer until the time of cool. The word is also used of leaving a slaughtered animal to cool before it is skinned. It begins for the noon prayer when the sharpness of the heat breaks and a shade appears in which the worshipper can walk. 1

General ruling

Delaying the noon prayer is a permission, and in intense summer heat in hot countries it is recommended by agreement for one who attends the mosque in congregation. The Encyclopedia cites the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) that when the heat is intense, the prayer should be delayed, since the heat of intense summer is from the blaze of Hell. If one of those conditions is missing, the recommendation is disputed and detailed. 1

Where it is discussed

The delayed noon prayer, its call and the Friday prayer are treated in the entry on prayer times. The delaying of a slaughtered animal before skinning is treated in the entry on slaughter. 1

People and things also explored

Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· The last ten nights of Ramadan· The first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja· Hilal (the crescent and the lunar month for the law)· I'tikaf (retreat)· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.1444
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islam.museum contributors. “Delaying the noon prayer to the cool (ibrad)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/ibrad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-29.

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