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When do Muslims offer the Maghrib prayer?
- Maghrib is prayed immediately after sunset.
- The time for Maghrib starts when the sun’s disc disappears into the horizon, until the red twilight is gone.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, “Maghrib time is as long as the twilight is present.” [Muslim]
- Twilight is the redness on the western horizon in the evening after sunset.
- Twilight in Arabic is shafaq.
Discussion questions for comment
- When does Maghrib start?
- What does ‘twilight’ mean?
- What is ‘twilight’ in Arabic?
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