The Times of Salaah (3/5)

According to the Shafis, Malikis and Hanbilis, Zuhr ends after the object is one length of the shadow, Asr sets in. According to Imam Abu Hanifah (RA) only Asr will begin after the shadow length of the object has doubled. Asr ends when the sun is setting. But, it is makrooh, undesirable and unadvisable to read Asr during The last fifteen minutes before the sun sets, when the sun turns yellow. If a person is travelling or ill or overslept, one may read it in the last fifteen minutes but it must not become a habit. It is unacceptable to delay the time to read Asr or make the time for Asr at the masjid late on a daily basis.