Resolutions-of-Islamic-Fiqh-Council-1

2 nd Region:The region that is situated between the latitudes 48 & 66 northand south where some astronomical signs of timings are notfound in a number of days during the year such as the constantremaining of the red twilight till the Fajr time.3 rd Region:The region that is situated on latitude 66 north and south up tothe two poles whereas the obvious signs of times in day ornight are not found during long period of the year.Fourth:The ruling for the 1 st region is that its residents wouldfollow the regular timings of prayer and fasting in accordancewith the religious injections regarding the times of prayer andfasting.Fifth:The ruling for the 2 nd region is that the time for Isha and Fajrprayers would be fixed, keeping in view the similar prayers in thenearest region where the signs of Isha and Fajr prayers are wellknown. The Council suggests 45 latitudes being the nearestregion where the worship is easy in its distinct regular timings.For example, if time of Isha prayer at 45 latitudes begins after theone-third of night, the same time would be adopted for Ishaprayer in the afore-said region. A similar method would beadopted for the time of Fajr prayer in this region.Sixth:The ruling for the 3 rd region is that the times of all prayerswould be fixed, keeping in view the prayer times in 45 latitudes.In the region from the 66 latitudes to the poles, the duration of 24hours would be divided as it is divided in the region of 45255