The time for sunset and evening prayers is from sunset till midnight.

The special time for sunset prayer starts at sunset and is long enough to offer such a three-Rak'at prayer, and the special time for evening prayer starts at the beginning of the time before midnight which is long enough to offer such a four-Rak'at prayer.

Issue 375: The legal sunset is the same common sunset when the sun sets in the West, and it is not necessary that the redness in the east is cleared.

Issue 376: The sunset and evening prayers each have a special time, and they also share a common time. The special time for sunset prayer starts at sunset and is long enough to offer such a three-Rak’at prayer.

If a person unintentionally offers their whole evening prayer in the time for sunset prayer, their prayer will be void, and they must redo their evening prayer after their sunset prayer.

The special time for evening prayer starts at the beginning of the time before midnight which is long enough to offer such a four-Rak’at prayer, and if one intentionally postpones their sunset prayer until it is time for evening prayer, they must first offer their evening prayer and then their sunset prayer.

The common time for the sunset and evening prayers starts right after the special time for sunset prayer and ends right before the special time for evening prayer, and if in this very time, one offers the evening prayer before their sunset prayer by mistake and after completing the prayer they take notice of this, their prayer will be valid and they must offer their sunset prayer afterwards.

Issue 377: The length of the special as well as the common time for prayer differs depending on the situation.

For a traveler, for instance, the special time for midday prayer starts at midday and is long enough for offering a two-Rak’at prayer and then they enter the common time, but for someone who is not a traveler, the time is long enough for offering a four-Rak’at prayer.

Issue 378: If a person unintentionally begins offering their evening prayer before their sunset prayer, but while praying, they realize that they have made a mistake, if they have not yet gone into the bowing of the fourth Rak’at they must revert their intention to the intention for sunset prayer and finish their prayer and then offer their evening prayer, but if they have gone into the bowing of the fourth Rak’at, they must finish the prayer and then offer their sunset prayer; But the recommended precaution is to offer the sunset and evening prayers after finishing such evening prayer, and observing such precaution is very good.

Issue 379: The end of the time for evening prayer is considered midnight in normal circumstances, but for constrained people, that is, for those who have not offered their prayers before midnight because of forgetting, sleeping, menstruation etc., the time will extend to dawn.

Issue 380: To calculate the time of midnight when it is the end of time for evening prayer, the length of the time between sunset and dawn must be divided by two.