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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Making up the fast of one who broke it before sunset, thinking it had set

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Question:
And this witness says: I was a witness in the Ramadan that just passed, and I mostly thought that the sun had set, but after a short while I heard the adhan. Do I have to make up the fast?

Answer:
If you broke your fast before sunset and then it became clear to you that this was the case, you must make it up, because the default is that the day continues. So you broke your fast before sunset. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
Then complete the fast until the sunsetثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:187]
and the night is what comes after. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:
when the sun sank from that side and the night appeared from that sideإذا غربت الشمس من ها هنا وأقبل الليل من ها هنا
Sahih Muslim 1101a
So the fasting person has broken his fast,فقد أفطر الصائم،
So if one breaks his fast before the sun sets, he must make it up without doubt. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:23)

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