The time for breaking the fast for one who sees the sunset before the town's adhan
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I live on the seashore, and the sun sets in the direction of the sea a quarter of an hour before the town's adhan. Is it obligatory for me to break my fast exactly at sunset, or should I wait until the town's mu'adhdhin calls?
The Shaykh:
Do not break your fast, may Allah keep you with the Muslims. Do not break your fast, may Allah keep you with the Muslims. And your view of it may be obscured by something, or there may be something blocking the sun from you so that it disappears. Yes, if the sun disappears behind a mountain, you may break your fast. You do not break your fast unless the sun has set in the twilight and the night has begun. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1954. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The criterion is the disappearance of the sun. The sun may be hidden by a mountain, a building, or something tall, but the night has not yet begun. If you turn toward the east and the night has not begun, this is not what happens; it is not night. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I live on the seashore, and the sun sets in the direction of the sea a quarter of an hour before the town's adhan. Is it obligatory for me to break my fast exactly at sunset, or should I wait until the town's mu'adhdhin calls?
The Shaykh:
Do not break your fast, may Allah keep you with the Muslims. Do not break your fast, may Allah keep you with the Muslims. And your view of it may be obscured by something, or there may be something blocking the sun from you so that it disappears. Yes, if the sun disappears behind a mountain, you may break your fast. You do not break your fast unless the sun has set in the twilight and the night has begun. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When night falls from this side and the day vanishes from this side and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast.
إذا أقبل الليل من هاهنا وأدبر النهار من هاهنا وغربت الشمس فقد أفطر الصائمThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The criterion is the disappearance of the sun. The sun may be hidden by a mountain, a building, or something tall, but the night has not yet begun. If you turn toward the east and the night has not begun, this is not what happens; it is not night. Yes.
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 23-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (46:05)
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