The ruling on breaking the fast before sunset due to ignorance of the time of the adhan
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Question:
Returning to a message received by the program from al-Qunfudhah, sent by one of our sister listeners, Umm 'Ali. Umm 'Ali, we presented your case in a previous episode. In this session, you ask your Eminence, Shaykh Salih, and you say: In Ramadan, in one of the years, we were traveling while fasting. The time for Maghrib arrived while we were on the road, and we did not hear any adhan, so we broke our fast at the time we break our fast in our hometown. A few minutes later, we heard the sound of the Maghrib adhan. Shaykh, is our fast valid, or do we have to make up the fast for that day because of our ignorance of the time for breaking the fast? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions. As for what follows, the time for breaking the fast is the setting of the sun, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:187], and as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 1954. This is the time for breaking the fast. If you broke your fast before the setting of the sun, even by a few minutes, then you did not complete this day, so you must make it up, because it was not completed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good, Shaykh Salih.
Returning to a message received by the program from al-Qunfudhah, sent by one of our sister listeners, Umm 'Ali. Umm 'Ali, we presented your case in a previous episode. In this session, you ask your Eminence, Shaykh Salih, and you say: In Ramadan, in one of the years, we were traveling while fasting. The time for Maghrib arrived while we were on the road, and we did not hear any adhan, so we broke our fast at the time we break our fast in our hometown. A few minutes later, we heard the sound of the Maghrib adhan. Shaykh, is our fast valid, or do we have to make up the fast for that day because of our ignorance of the time for breaking the fast? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions. As for what follows, the time for breaking the fast is the setting of the sun, as Allah the Exalted said:
Then complete the fast until the sunset
ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِWhen 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 ها هنا، وأدبر النهار من ها هنا، وغربت الشمس، فقد أفطر الصائمThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good, Shaykh Salih.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 287 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:08)
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