It's Fajr time! (Part 2)
Continuing from Part 1
After two more nights of going to the countryside (this time, to the Saddleworth Moors), a few things have become certain:
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Stop... Its Fajr Time! (No its not)
In the summer months in the UK there is a debate over when Fajr time starts.
The main cause of this is that the sun doesn't go far enough below the horizon for pitch black conditions to occur.
This causes a problem because Fajr time is supposed to be when the "true dawn" starts from pitch black conditions.
Based on the unique conditions of being at such a high latitude, different groups of scholars have come up with different solutions, the most conservative of which is to start Fajr in the middle of the night.
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