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How can a Muslim determine the times for prayer and fasting if they live near the Arctic Circle, where the night or day is extremely long and its length changes with the season?

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Those who live near the Arctic Circle, and experience continuous day or night for months, perform their five prayers based on the timings of the nearest country to them where night and day are distinct within a twenty-four-hour period.

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