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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for the fasting person to eat until the iqamah for the Fajr prayer?

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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh al-Bassam (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in his commentary, Taysir al-Allam, that the adhan is intended to mean the iqamah. So, should it be said to the common people, "Eat and drink until the time of the iqamah"? Or is there confusion in that?

Answer:
No, no. The adhan intended here is the one at the appearance of the dawn, and the iqamah is called an adhan, but it is a specific adhan. If the word adhan is used in a general sense, it refers to the adhan at the entry of the time, and the iqamah is called an adhan.
It is the second adhan. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Between every two callsبين كل أذانين صلاة، يعني بين
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 185Sahih (Darussalam)
The adhan and the iqamah are a voluntary prayer. However, if the word adhan is used in a general sense, it refers to the adhan of the time, not the adhan for the iqamah of the prayer. Yes, and the ruling is tied to the first one; fasting is tied to the first one, and the entry of the time is tied to the first one. Is it not permissible for him to eat and drink until the prayer is established? The hadith that passed by you states that between the adhan and the iqamah, between the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) suhur and the establishment of the prayer, was the length of fifty verses, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would stop eating at the appearance of the dawn and delay the iqamah.
The hadith is clear on this point, and it is not the intention of Shaykh Abdullah al-Bassam (may Allah have mercy on him) that one should eat and drink until the iqamah. He never says that. May Allah reward you. The iqamah is called an adhan, but the adhan, when used in a general sense, is the adhan of the time. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الأكل حتى إقامة صلاة الفجر للصائم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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