Concerning the times for prayer and fasting, it is correct that, in the high latitudes, where the lengths of day and night vary considerably from season to season of the year, it is permissible to observe the laws of prayer and fasting in accordance with the clock rather than with the rising and setting of the sun. As Iceland lies in such latitudes, it is for your Assembly to decide this matter for the believers in your country. All should then abide by whatever your Assembly lays down.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly, July 27, 1976; ‘Notes on Obligatory Prayers Ablutions’, a compilation of the Universal House of Justice; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
