Imsak is a duration that is being practiced in Malaysia by Muslim to finish sahur as precaution before beggining Subuh prayer or Fajar Shadiq during. Ramadhan ...
ABSTRACT
Imsak is a duration that is being practiced in Malaysia by Muslim to finish sahur as precaution before beggining Subuh prayer or Fajar Shadiq during Ramadhan.The duration of Imsak time is based on prophet s.a.w hadith that duration between finish of sahur and Subuh prayer is about reciting 50 verse of al-Quran There are many opinions about Imsak duration such as 10 minute before Subuh prayer (currently being practised in all states in Malaysia) and 20 minute before Subuh prayer ( Johor state had practised before adopting 10 minute) (Mohamad Saupi Che Awang,2001).Besides that, Imsak duration is 14 minute before Subuh prayer as stated in Risalah al-Mubtadeen published by Khazanah alPathaniah (Muhyidin bin Abdul Mukmin Sulaiman,2006). The different opinions of Imsak duration lead this study to revise this issue .The purpose of this study to analyzed the duration of reciting 50 verse of al-Quran amongst Muslim and to evaluate Imsak duration in Malaysia. The determination of reciting 50 verse duration of al-Quran has been carried out amongst 104 respondent from Johor Bharu by using Quantitave method or Questionnaire method.Questionnaires were distributed to respondents with different educational and career background such as Imam or Bilal,Student from Tahfiz school,Degree Level Student,STAM student and SPM student.Then, the questionnaires were analyzed by using Statistical Package Program for Social Science 15.0 (SPSS15.0). The mean duration of reciting 50 verse from selected surah of al-Quran amongst respondent became Imsak duration which may represented the Muslim in Malaysia .As a result, Imsak duration may represent the Muslim in Malaysia was about 15 minute.
