The Meaning of the White and Black Thread

Question:
In the verse, regarding the white thread and the black thread, what is meant by them, O Shaykh?

Answer:
The interpretation of the white and black threads is from the dawn. Allah the Exalted said: "from the dawn." That is, the whiteness of the day and the darkness of the night. When the whiteness of the day becomes distinct from the darkness of the night, it becomes obligatory to abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse. This occurs with the appearance of the second dawn, which is the horizontal whiteness in the horizon.
As for the first dawn, it does not prevent, it does not prevent sexual intercourse, eating, or drinking. This is the first dawn, which is vertical, like the tail of a donkey in the sky, and then darkness follows it. As for the second dawn, which is the true dawn, it is the one to which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, attached the ruling, saying: The day is the white thread, and the night is the black thread. Yes.