A man who has intercourse with his wife in Ramadan, and the dawn adhan is called while he is still engaged in it: is his ceasing to be an act of the prohibited thing or a leaving of it?

The questioner : The rule is: when the prohibition is attached to an act that one is currently engaged in, and he hastens to cease from it, is his ceasing an act of the prohibited thing or a leaving of it? Your question has brought me to the point of entering into the rule. For example, a man is now, for instance, having intercourse with his wife in Ramadan, and the dawn adhan is called while he is still having intercourse. Is his ceasing an act of the prohibited thing or a leaving of it?

The Shaykh : Hm? There is a disagreement on this. If he remains, he owes the expiation. If he withdraws, he owes the expiation. He withdraws and pays the expiation, because they say that separating from the prohibited thing is an act of Allah. The correct view is that it is a leaving of it. We all know that this is a leaving of it. Yes, that is correct.