The ruling on one who eats the pre-dawn meal while the mu'adhdhin is calling to prayer based on the timing
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. As for what follows: A questioner says: A man was eating the pre-dawn meal while the mu'adhdhin was calling to prayer for the past six days, he and his family. He cannot distinguish between the mu'adhdhin who calls early and the one who calls late? What is the criterion? What is not the criterion? He finishes before the end of the mu'adhdhin's call. What is the ruling on that? Does he have to make it up? And if he was ignorant of the ruling, I ask for a clear explanation, and may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : First, the mu'adhdhins who call to prayer based on the timing of the Mother of Cities call to prayer five minutes before the dawn. So, the one who eats and drinks while the mu'adhdhin is calling to prayer on this timing has done nothing wrong. We mentioned this issue in the previous lesson and explained that the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If two men who watch for the dawn differ, one says the dawn has appeared and the other says it has not, then one takes the statement of the one who says it has not. That is one point. Second, if these people are ignorant, then the ignorant person does not break his fast, even if he eats after the dawn with certainty.
Because Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:286] and He said: [Al-Ahzab 33:5] And because it is established in Sahih al-Bukhari from Asma' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the people Sunan Ibn Majah 1674Sahih (Darussalam). And he did not order them to make it up. If their fast had been invalid, he would have ordered them to make it up. Because.
It is obligatory upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to convey the Shari'ah of Allah to the people, so when he did not order them to do it, it is known that making it up is not obligatory. This is the correct position and it follows the consistent rule in the Islamic Shari'ah that worship is not invalidated by ignorance or by forgetfulness. And when such an issue occurred in the time of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), they asked him, saying: O Commander of the Faithful, how should we do it, or what should we do? He said: The matter is easy, for we did not turn away to sin.
The Shaykh : First, the mu'adhdhins who call to prayer based on the timing of the Mother of Cities call to prayer five minutes before the dawn. So, the one who eats and drinks while the mu'adhdhin is calling to prayer on this timing has done nothing wrong. We mentioned this issue in the previous lesson and explained that the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If two men who watch for the dawn differ, one says the dawn has appeared and the other says it has not, then one takes the statement of the one who says it has not. That is one point. Second, if these people are ignorant, then the ignorant person does not break his fast, even if he eats after the dawn with certainty.
Because Allah the Exalted said:
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَاAnd there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended.
وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِ وَلَٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْWe broke our fast on a cloudy day at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then the sun appeared.
أفطروا على عهد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في يوم غيم ثم طلعت الشمسIt is obligatory upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to convey the Shari'ah of Allah to the people, so when he did not order them to do it, it is known that making it up is not obligatory. This is the correct position and it follows the consistent rule in the Islamic Shari'ah that worship is not invalidated by ignorance or by forgetfulness. And when such an issue occurred in the time of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), they asked him, saying: O Commander of the Faithful, how should we do it, or what should we do? He said: The matter is easy, for we did not turn away to sin.
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اللقاءات الرمضانية لعام 1412هـ - 2 — binothaimeen.net (32:16)
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