Delaying Salah or offering it before its due time because of seeking knowledge

Q 1: Is it permissible for the seekers of knowledge to offer Salah (Prayer) before its due time or delay it, as they are involved in seeking knowledge of the Shari`ah and are unable to leave before the lesson is over?

A: Salah has a fixed time to be offered at, and thus it is not permissible to delay or offer it before its due time. Furthermore, seeking knowledge is not an excuse to delay Salah or (Part No. 5; Page No. 136) offer it before its prescribed time, as Allah (Exalted be He) says: Verily, As-Salât (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.