Breaking the Fast, the Pre-Dawn Meal, and Their Relationship to the White Thread and the Black Thread
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Is it permissible to break the fast and eat the pre-dawn meal without hearing the call to prayer, meaning while observing and seeing the white thread from the black thread?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: Is it permissible to break the fast and eat the pre-dawn meal?
The Shaykh:
The white thread is not what determines breaking the fast; the white thread and the black thread refer to the pre-dawn meal. Yes, breaking the fast is at the setting of the sun, not based on the white thread and the black thread. That is for the dawn,[Al-Baqarah 2:187] the black from [Al-Baqarah 2:187], yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: Is it permissible to break the fast and eat the pre-dawn meal without hearing the call to prayer, meaning while observing and seeing the white thread from the black thread?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: Is it permissible to break the fast and eat the pre-dawn meal?
The Shaykh:
The white thread is not what determines breaking the fast; the white thread and the black thread refer to the pre-dawn meal. Yes, breaking the fast is at the setting of the sun, not based on the white thread and the black thread. That is for the dawn,
until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from
حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَfrom the black thread [of night]
الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ 1438هـ ]، الإيمان بما وصف الرسول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - به ربه — islamhouse.com (59:02)
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