What is the time for abstaining from food and drink?
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The questioner:
When does the Muslim abstain from food and drink, knowing that it is difficult to determine[Al-Baqarah 2:187] in
The Shaykh:
He must abstain when he hears the adhan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 680 it is concealed. The mu'adhdhins now who call the adhan for the dawn seek to determine the true dawn, and they have instructions they follow. So when he hears the adhan, he abstains, except for a small amount, like a mouthful in his hand, or if he is sleeping and drinking with the adhan, there is no harm, because the adhan is based on seeking the true dawn and the instructions they have from the Ministry of Awqaf, and not on seeing the dawn. But if he is in the desert and looks for the dawn and knows the dawn, he is not required to abstain until he sees the dawn. So when he sees the dawn, he abstains. But in cities and villages where one cannot discern the dawn, especially if they have electric lighting, seeing the dawn may be difficult for him, so he must adhere to the adhan, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner:
From the beginning of the adhan to the end. Yes. From the beginning of the adhan to the end.
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in the end if there is a need for the end, because this seeking
The questioner:
First cities or last cities.
The Shaykh:
The believers seek to determine this and strive, they seek the adhan around them and hear it and seek in that, and if it is easy for him to abstain at the beginning of its adhan, that is better for him from the perspective of caution,
When does the Muslim abstain from food and drink, knowing that it is difficult to determine
the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread
الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِThe Shaykh:
He must abstain when he hears the adhan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
God’s Messenger as saying, “Bilal summons to prayer when it is still night, so eat and drink till
صلى الله عليه وسلم إن بلالا يؤذن بليل فكلوا واشربوا حتى يؤذنThe questioner:
From the beginning of the adhan to the end. Yes. From the beginning of the adhan to the end.
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in the end if there is a need for the end, because this seeking
The questioner:
First cities or last cities.
The Shaykh:
The believers seek to determine this and strive, they seek the adhan around them and hear it and seek in that, and if it is easy for him to abstain at the beginning of its adhan, that is better for him from the perspective of caution,
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 113 ما هو وقت الإمساك عن الأكل والشرب؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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