Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-Layla

Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-Layla (The Jurisprudence of Day and Night Practice) is a contemporary treatise on devotional jurisprudence and daily Islamic practice written by the Saudi scholar Abd Allah ibn Mani al-Ruqi.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…+1 Published by Dar al-Tadmuriyyah, the work serves as an accessible practical manual outlining the specific devotional duties, recommended acts, and legal rulings incumbent upon or recommended for a Muslim across the hours of the day and night.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…

Purpose and Approach

In the preface, al-Ruqi explains that the work is a concise guide intended to clarify how a Muslim should conduct themselves throughout the diurnal cycle, placing particular emphasis on identifying the specific spiritual duty (wazifat al-waqt) and distinct virtue belonging to each timeframe.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L… The opening chapters establish the principle of giving priority to what is most pleasing to God in each respective moment and circumstance, drawing upon classical discussions from Ibn al-Qayyim's Madarij al-Salikin, Ibn al-Jawzi's Sifat al-Safwah, and Ibn Abd al-Barr's al-Tamhid on the value of beneficial knowledge, following the Prophet's guidance, and regular remembrance.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…+1

Structure and Contents

The author arranges the core of the text chronologically into six temporal divisions, followed by an appendix on incidental legal scenarios:Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…+1

1. From Dawn to Sunrise (Min Tulu' al-Fajr ila Irtifa' al-Shams): Treats the obligation of promptness to the dawn prayer (Fajr), the Prophet's practice and early reports concerning this period, the specific rulings and make-up times for the two Sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr, recommended Quranic recitations for Friday morning, critical assessments of hadiths on delaying or lengthening the prayer, morning supplications (adhkar al-sabah), and the merit of remaining engaged in remembrance until the sun rises.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…
2. From Sunrise to the Meridian (Min Irtifa' al-Shams ila Zawalilha): Examines the permissibility of prayer once the sun has risen, the mid-morning prayer (Duha), occupying morning hours with remembrance, traveling early on Thursdays, making up missed daily portions (awrad) of prayer or recitation, rulings concerning early-morning sleep, Friday bath (ghusl) and Friday prayer travel rules, the midday nap (qaylulah), and the prohibited window for voluntary prayer immediately preceding the sun's meridian.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…
3. From the Meridian to the Shadow Equal to an Object (Min ba'd al-Zawal wa Dukhul Waqt al-Zuhr ila Masir Zill al-Shay' Mithlah): Details the virtues and timing of the noon prayer (Zuhr), cooling the prayer during extreme heat (al-ibrad) along with delaying the call to prayer accordingly, the four voluntary rak'ahs before Zuhr performed with two salams, hadith assessments regarding day-time prayers, and the legal ruling on making up Zuhr's subsequent Sunnah prayer after Asr.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…
4. From the Shadow Equal to an Object until Sunset (Min Masir Zill al-Shay' Mithlah ba'd Fay' al-Zawal ila Ghurub al-Shams): Addresses the late-afternoon prayer (Asr), voluntary prayers preceding it, the prohibition of supererogatory prayer after Asr, the evening remembrances (adhkar al-masa'), the virtue of the final hour of Friday, and the permissibility of sleeping after Asr when it does not result in neglecting religious or worldly obligations, noting this was the routine habit of his teacher Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz due to his heavy public schedule.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…+1
5. From Sunset to the Disappearance of Twilight (Min Ghurub al-Shams ila Maghib al-Shafaq): Details matters relating to sunset, the recommendation of two rak'ahs before the sunset prayer (Maghrib), the timing of Maghrib and subsequent voluntary prayers, the dislike of sleeping before the night prayer (Isha), and the expiration of Maghrib's time upon the fading of the red twilight.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…
6. From the Disappearance of Twilight to Dawn (Min Maghib al-Shafaq ila Tulu' al-Fajr): Discusses the night prayer (Isha) and the preference for delaying it when no hardship is imposed, the prohibition of idle talk after Isha, sleep etiquette and supplications, the timings, units, and descriptions of the late-night vigil (qiyam al-layl) and the odd-numbered prayer (Witr), the manner of David's prayer, the traveler's predawn supplication, forming the intention for obligatory fasts before dawn, and the duty of gratitude for living another full day and night.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…+1

Incidental Circumstances (Awarid al-Yawm wa al-Layla)

The work concludes with a dedicated section treating exceptional conditions and contingencies that may occur during the day or night.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L… These include the legal liability of a menstruating woman whose cycle begins after a prayer's time has already entered, the ablution requirements for a person experiencing continuous bodily discharge (sahib al-hadath al-mustamirr), the case of a resident who enters a prayer time and subsequently embarks on a journey, and the obligations of division and overnight stay for a man married to more than one wife.Fiqh Amal al-Yawm wa al-L…