Eating the pre-dawn meal early for fear of missing the Fajr prayer
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
For example, if one eats the pre-dawn meal early, on the basis that he fears that if he delays until Fajr, meaning, for example, he does not get up for the Fajr prayer.
The Shaykh:
If he delays, he sits until it is time, and then if he sleeps, he prays with him in the mosque. Will he miss the prayer? He can determine a time that is sufficient for him. The one who values the prayer determines the time for the pre-dawn meal and finishes it so that he can go to the prayer. As for the one who plays, that is his own affair; he does what he does.
For example, if one eats the pre-dawn meal early, on the basis that he fears that if he delays until Fajr, meaning, for example, he does not get up for the Fajr prayer.
The Shaykh:
If he delays, he sits until it is time, and then if he sleeps, he prays with him in the mosque. Will he miss the prayer? He can determine a time that is sufficient for him. The one who values the prayer determines the time for the pre-dawn meal and finishes it so that he can go to the prayer. As for the one who plays, that is his own affair; he does what he does.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب التحفظ من الغيبة واللغو وما يقول إذا شتم — islamhouse.com (37:35)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.