تلقى المشروع الرسالة التالية والمرسلة من قبل الدكتور ذو الفقار علي شاه، المدير التنفيذي للمجلس الفقهي لشمال أمريكا التابع لإسنا، وفيه يتضح أنه ابتداء من أيلول/سبتمبر 2011م بدأت جمعية إسنا اعتماد قيم جديدة لزوايا الفجر والعشاء، وهي 17.5 للفجر و15 للعشاء

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Subject:    Timings
Date:    Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:07:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:    Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah
To:    modeh@icoproject.org
Assalamo alaykum wrwb Akhee al-Habib,

Below is the agreed upon statement.

Fiqh Council of North America Position for Fajr & Isha’

In the FCNA meeting of September 25, 2011 the following position for Fajr & Isha’ was agreed upon:

For North America Use functions of latitude and seasons for Fajr, and Isha’ as determined by Moonsighting.com. A computer user can go to the following web site to obtain full year prayer times from http://moonsighting.com/pray.php

For most areas in USA this will result Fajr around sun being 17.5° below horizon, and Isha around 15°. The time difference between 17.5° and 15° is about 12 minutes. Fajr will be 12 minutes earlier than calculated for 15°. It is suggested that if one wants to calculate Fajr & Isha based on degrees, one can opt to use 17.5° for Fajr and 15° for Isha’.