Breaking the fast before sunset on the assumption that Maghrib has entered
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The questioner:
This questioner says: A man traveled from Riyadh to Makkah by land during the day in Ramadan. On the way, when he entered al-Buway'iyah before Maghrib,
The Shaykh:
A man traveled.
The questioner:
He says: A man traveled during the day in Ramadan from Riyadh to Makkah by land.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
And he was on the way when he entered al-Juway'iyah before Maghrib, until he thought the Maghrib adhan had been called and the time of Maghrib had entered, so he broke his fast while people were looking at him, and no one objected to him. Then the Maghrib adhan was called. Is he required to make up the fast for this day?
The Shaykh:
Yes, because he did not complete the day. He must make up the day because he did not complete it. He broke his fast before the time for breaking the fast, before nightfall. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. That is the end.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
This questioner says: A man traveled from Riyadh to Makkah by land during the day in Ramadan. On the way, when he entered al-Buway'iyah before Maghrib,
The Shaykh:
A man traveled.
The questioner:
He says: A man traveled during the day in Ramadan from Riyadh to Makkah by land.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
And he was on the way when he entered al-Juway'iyah before Maghrib, until he thought the Maghrib adhan had been called and the time of Maghrib had entered, so he broke his fast while people were looking at him, and no one objected to him. Then the Maghrib adhan was called. Is he required to make up the fast for this day?
The Shaykh:
Yes, because he did not complete the day. He must make up the day because he did not complete it. He broke his fast before the time for breaking the fast, before nightfall. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. That is the end.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 57 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / هديه في عقد الذمة / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:17:58)
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