The ruling on breaking the fast at the Maghrib adhan called before its time
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the mu'adhdhin calls the Maghrib adhan two or three minutes early and some people break their fast with him, what is the ruling?
Answer:
It is not a matter of minutes; the matter is the setting of the sun. If the adhan is called before the sun sets, then whoever breaks his fast upon that adhan must make it up; whoever breaks his fast upon that adhan must make it up, because he broke his fast before the sun set. As for if the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan at the setting of the sun, there is no harm; he breaks his fast at the adhan. The criterion is the setting of the sun, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 1954,
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the mu'adhdhin calls the Maghrib adhan two or three minutes early and some people break their fast with him, what is the ruling?
Answer:
It is not a matter of minutes; the matter is the setting of the sun. If the adhan is called before the sun sets, then whoever breaks his fast upon that adhan must make it up; whoever breaks his fast upon that adhan must make it up, because he broke his fast before the sun set. As for if the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan at the setting of the sun, there is no harm; he breaks his fast at the adhan. The criterion is the setting of the sun, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
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 الصائم
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 036-تابع كتاب الصيام - 2 - 15-8-22 هـ — archive.org (1:01:14)
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