The ruling on one who eats and drinks thinking the night remains or has entered, then it becomes clear he was mistaken.

The Shaykh : Second: A man got up on one of the nights of Ramadan and looked at the clock, but he made a mistake in his reading and thought it was still night, so he began to eat and drink. Then the iqamah was called for prayer, so he stopped. He stopped as soon as he heard the iqamah, but at first he was unsure whether it was the iqamah or the adhan. When he heard, "The prayer has begun," he realized it was the iqamah and stopped. Is his fast valid? His fast is valid. He ate during the day! Yes, his fast is valid, even though he ate during the day, because did he eat knowing or not knowing? Not knowing. He did not know it was day; rather, he thought it was night, so his fast is valid. If someone asks, "What is the evidence that his fast is valid?" we say: because he took advantage of Allah's dispensation. Allah the Exalted said: In fact, He said: complete it So he is eating by a dispensation from Allah, because it had not become clear to him, so he owes no making up of the fast; his fast is valid. The evidence is this verse: It is clear. Also, another piece of evidence: Allah the Exalted said: What did the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, say? He said: "I have done it." Meaning: I will not punish you if you forget or make a mistake. And this man, did he make a mistake or was he intentional? He made a mistake. Yes. He made a mistake, so nothing is required of him This is a mistake, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said, "I have done it," if the act was, praise be to Allah. Also: A man heard the mu'adhdhin calling the adhan for Maghrib while he was fasting. He heard the mu'adhdhin calling and the world was dark, so he ate and drank. Then it became clear that the mu'adhdhin had made a mistake; he was wrong, the clock was ahead, and the sun had not set. Is he required to make it up, or is he not required to, or is the fast valid? The fast is valid. The fast is valid, my brothers. How can it be valid when it became clear that he ate before the sun set? We say: Yes. Did this man intentionally eat before the sun set, or did he make a mistake? He made a mistake. If he made a mistake, then this is the word of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: So Allah the Exalted said: . And He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said: Pay attention Praise be to Allah, the Generous who bestows grace upon the servants, Exalted and Majestic is He. Is it not fitting for us to accept His generosity? Yes, by Allah, we accept His generosity. Then we say: This exact issue occurred in the time of the Bringer of Good News and the Warner, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Asma' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: They broke their fast on a cloudy day based on what? Based on the assumption that the sun had set. Then the sun appeared, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order them to make it up. He did not order the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to make it up, even though they ate before the sun set. If making it up had been obligatory upon them, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have conveyed that to them, because if making it up were obligatory, it would be part of the Shari'ah of Allah, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is commanded to convey the Shari'ah of Allah. And if he conveyed it, he must transmit it to us, because the Shari'ah lasts until the Day of Resurrection. Since it was not transmitted to us that they made up a day, we know that the Messenger did not order them to do so, and that their fasting was valid.