The ruling on one who eats thinking the sun has set or that the dawn has not yet appeared
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The questioner:
Now, Shaykh, what about one who does something that breaks the fast thinking the sun has set, Shaykh Salih, or that the dawn has not yet appeared?
The Shaykh:
As for the dawn not having appeared, the default is that the night remains. Yes. So if it turns out that he ate after the dawn had appeared, his fast is valid because the default is that the night remains, and he acted on that basis. As for breaking the fast, the default is that the day remains, so one does not break the fast until he sees the night approaching from the east and the day receding from the west, or the sun sets, or he hears the mu'adhdhins calling the Maghrib prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on the anesthetic cream?
The Shaykh:
And the one who broke his fast before the sun set must make up that day.
Now, Shaykh, what about one who does something that breaks the fast thinking the sun has set, Shaykh Salih, or that the dawn has not yet appeared?
The Shaykh:
As for the dawn not having appeared, the default is that the night remains. Yes. So if it turns out that he ate after the dawn had appeared, his fast is valid because the default is that the night remains, and he acted on that basis. As for breaking the fast, the default is that the day remains, so one does not break the fast until he sees the night approaching from the east and the day receding from the west, or the sun sets, or he hears the mu'adhdhins calling the Maghrib prayer. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on the anesthetic cream?
The Shaykh:
And the one who broke his fast before the sun set must make up that day.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4182] حكم من أفطر ظانًا غروب الشمس أو عدم طلوع الفجر - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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