In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
The Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto (ISIJ) conveys its gratitude to Hujjatul Islam Wal Muslimin Aga Haj Shaikh Abbas Mesbahzadeh for compiling this prayer time-table and Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi for updating it.
Important Note: The previous recommendation note (of 1996) was based on the old timetable. In year 2003, the timetable was revised and so the recommendation of adding 12 to 15 minutes to the fajr time is not required. Nonetheless, there is no problem in maintaining that advisory recommendation but the salat done at the fajr time given in this timetable is valid.
– Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi — May 2019
Important Notice
The community is advised to make adjustments to the timings by adding 14 minutes when in Windsor and subtracting 15 minutes when in Ottawa. As can be seen from these tables it is not possible to generally use the time table of one town and use in another town by applying a fixed time correction. This is because the sunrise and sunset times difference between towns that are on different latitude is not the same throughout the year.
Perpetual Timetable
Prayers & Fasting for Toronto & Southern Ontario.
View Salat timings by month
Rules regarding Prayers
The pronunciation of the SURAS and other recitations during the prayers must be the correct pronunciation in accordance with the Arabic language and its rules and must be letter perfect; so if even a letter is substituted for another letter then that word is void (BATEL) and if not repeated correctly, the prayer also becomes void.
The recitation of the SURAS must also be correct and if one were to intentionally recite them with emphasis where there is no emphasis or add a letter or movement, one has made a mistake and one’s prayer is invalidated.
It is an obligatory precaution to avoid joining two verses together without pronouncing the vowel carried by the last letter of the first verse (WASL BI-S-SUKUN) or pronouncing the last vowel and then pausing (WAQF BI-L-HARAKA).
If there is doubt about correct pronunciation as long as one has not passed the place, but once the place has been passed the doubt should be ignored. If the pronunciation has been assumed to have been correct at the time of reciting but later is it found to have been incorrect, the prayer should be repeated.
Please note that all the MARAAJE-E-TAQLEED are in agreement with the above.
