Issue 368: The time for dawn prayer is from the morning Adhaan until sunrise during which the prayer must be offered. The closer it is offered to Adhaan, the better.

Issue 369: Just before dawn, a column of whiteness rises upwards in the East which is called the “first dawn”. When this whiteness spreads, it is called the “second down”, the prime time for dawn prayer.

Issue 370: As an obligatory precaution, a blind person or one who is in jail, must not offer their prayers as long as they are not certain whether it is time for prayers, but if because of clouds, dust, smog and the like a person can not make certain whether the time for prayers has set in, they can offer their prayers if they think that the time has come.

Issue 371: If a person is certain that the time for prayers has set in, and they begin offering prayers, their prayers will be void if while praying they doubt whether it is time for prayers or not. If while praying they are certain that it is time for prayers, but doubt whether the part they have already offered, has been in time, their prayers will be valid.