They leave the fajr prayer while it is still dark, meaning it hasn't become light yet. Is this within its time?

Fajr prayer? Yes. As for fajr prayer, we say about the end of its time, for example, if a person fears the time will end.

If a person fears, for example, that it becomes light, does just the fact that it becomes light mean he has fallen short in performing his prayer on time?

Or fearing the rising of the sun, we say if what is meant in her question is that he hasn't started the prayer, then what matters is starting the prayer within its time, not finishing it.

So if a person starts the prayer within its time and finishes after its time, that does not affect his prayer. For this reason, it was narrated from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, that he led his companions in prayer, may Allah be pleased with him, while he was the caliph.

Umar was among them, and he led the prayer until it became very bright, to the point that Umar ibn al-Khattab went out to see if the sun had risen or not.

So Umar ibn al-Khattab said, and Abu Bakr replied: If you had gone out, you would have fed us without being heedless. Meaning, we were not heedless, because we were in prayer and we began and started it at the prescribed time.

But if what is meant is that a person starts the prayer outside its time and then part of it enters into its time, we say: this is not valid, because what matters is that it is started within its time.

This is clear in the saying of Allah, Verheven en Hoog is Hij: Prayer has been prescribed for the believers at set times, meaning in its time, so it is initiated as forbidden at the beginning of its time. As for finishing it, whether at the beginning of the time or.

Or in the middle of it or at its end, that does not harm.

For this reason, a person might prolong the fajr prayer until the sun rises, so he must be careful about when he starts.

As for finishing, he leaves it to his own situation and the situation of the people, whether the time has ended or not. And Allah knows best.