Fasting of one who eats the pre-dawn meal and then sleeps past the dawn prayer
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: My family eats the pre-dawn meal at two in the morning, Honorable Shaykh, last Ramadan, and then they sleep. Also, Honorable Shaykh, we continued this way throughout the month of Ramadan. Is our fasting valid?
Answer:
You have neglected the obligation; you have neglected the dawn prayer in its time, and you did so intentionally. This is a great danger. However, your fasting is valid, if Allah wills. But you have committed a great error in delaying the dawn prayer past its time and abandoning the congregational prayer. You were supposed to pray the dawn prayer in congregation in the mosque, and then sleep. Yes.
He says: My family eats the pre-dawn meal at two in the morning, Honorable Shaykh, last Ramadan, and then they sleep. Also, Honorable Shaykh, we continued this way throughout the month of Ramadan. Is our fasting valid?
Answer:
You have neglected the obligation; you have neglected the dawn prayer in its time, and you did so intentionally. This is a great danger. However, your fasting is valid, if Allah wills. But you have committed a great error in delaying the dawn prayer past its time and abandoning the congregational prayer. You were supposed to pray the dawn prayer in congregation in the mosque, and then sleep. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (065) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-08-27] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:11)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.