Prayer TimesAccording to the preferred opinion in the Hanafi school, the ablution of a person with a valid excuse is nullified when the prayer time ends. Accordingly, the ablution taken for the morning prayer becomes invalid when the time for the morning prayer ends (i.e., at sunrise). However, if the person with an excuse performs ablution during a temporary cessation of the excuse within the time for the morning prayer, and sunrise occurs before the excuse reappears and before anything else that would break the ablution happens, then the ablution is not nullified by the end of the prayer time.
If a person with a valid excuse performs ablution after sunrise, as long as nothing else occurs to break the ablution, they may perform any prayers they wish—including the Friday prayer—until the end of the noon (zuhr) prayer time, because the time has not yet ended. (Marghinani, al-Hidaya, 1/34; Kasani, Bada'i, 1/29)
According to the Maliki school, the ablution of a person with a valid excuse is not nullified by the entrance or exit of prayer times, but only by the occurrence of something other than the excuse that breaks ablution. (Ibn Rushd, Bidayat al-Mujtahid, 1/41; Dusuqi, Hashiya, 1/114-118) If the state of excuse causes a person significant hardship and serious difficulty in performing ablution, it is permissible to follow this Maliki opinion.
Source: T.C. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu
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