Regarding the definition of the words “morning”, “noon” and
“evening”, at which times the currently binding medium Obligatory Prayer is to
be recited, Bahá’u’lláh has stated that these coincide with “sunrise, noon and
sunset” (Q and A 83). He specifies that the “allowable times for Obligatory
Prayers are from morning till noon, from noon till sunset, and from sunset till
two hours thereafter”. Further, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has stated
that the morning Obligatory Prayer may be said as early as dawn.
The definition of “noon” as the period “from noon till
sunset” applies to the recitation of the short Obligatory Prayer as well as the
medium one.
(The ‘Notes’ section of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
(The ‘Notes’ section of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
