The Ruling on an Early Pre-Dawn Meal Before Fajr
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Question:
Shaykh, I mean, in our current time, many people, especially those who go to the rest houses at night, have their pre-dawn meal (suhur) before Fajr, for example at two o’clock, and then they sleep. Do these people attain the blessing of the pre-dawn meal?
Answer:
These people have contradicted the Sunnah, as we pointed out in a previous session. They delay it until just before the appearance of Fajr, and it ends with the appearance of Fajr, and this is better. They miss this Sunnah, and greater than that, as we mentioned previously, they may miss the Fajr prayer with the congregation, so they sleep through it. Yes.
Shaykh, I mean, in our current time, many people, especially those who go to the rest houses at night, have their pre-dawn meal (suhur) before Fajr, for example at two o’clock, and then they sleep. Do these people attain the blessing of the pre-dawn meal?
Answer:
These people have contradicted the Sunnah, as we pointed out in a previous session. They delay it until just before the appearance of Fajr, and it ends with the appearance of Fajr, and this is better. They miss this Sunnah, and greater than that, as we mentioned previously, they may miss the Fajr prayer with the congregation, so they sleep through it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14 من 27|شرح أحاديث الصيام من كتاب المنتقى|أسئلة وأجوبة متعلقة بالحلقات السابقة|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:00)
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