What is the ruling on eating and drinking after the true Fajr adhan?

The Shaykh : Here is a question: What is the meaning of the hadith of Hudhayfah, in which he said: "I took the pre-dawn meal with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was day, except that the sun had not yet risen"? Is it permissible to eat or drink after the true Fajr adhan?
Answer: It is not permissible to eat or drink after the Fajr adhan; that is, the valid adhan. The details will be provided to you shortly. This hadith—I mean the hadith of Hudhayfah mentioned in the question—is disputed and subject to scholarly disagreement among hadith scholars regarding its authenticity. This is because it is narrated through a man named 'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud. Although he was one of the famous reciters from whose chains the Qur'an was transmitted, his intense focus on perfecting the memorization and recitation of the Qur'an was the cause of the weakness of his memorization in the other aspect of knowledge, which is the science of hadith. Consequently, discrepancies or contradictions with the hadiths of trustworthy narrators appeared in some of his narrations. Therefore, the majority of the later scholar-critics and preservers, such as al-Hafiz al-Zayla'i the Hanafi, al-Hafiz al-'Asqalani the Shafi'i, and others, agreed that the hadith of this narrator—namely 'Asim ibn Abi al-Najud—does not reach the level of authentic (sahih), nor does it descend to the level of weak (da'if); rather, his hadith is intermediate between authentic and weak; that is, it is a good (hasan) hadith. One who is in this position in narration—that is, whose hadith is neither authentic nor weak—has his narrations selected: what agrees with the hadiths of trustworthy narrators is accepted, and what contradicts the hadiths of trustworthy narrators is avoided. Since this is the case, this hadith should be interpreted and understood in a way that does not conflict with the definitive, established texts in the Book and the Sunnah. We all know the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): , and we all know, if Allah wills, His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . He was a blind man who did not call the adhan unless he was told, "It is morning, it is morning."
If the apparent meaning of this hadith contradicts the hadith and the verse mentioned before it, then there is no doubt that the scholar's position regarding it is one of two: either to reject it absolutely, or to interpret it (ta'wil). Interpretation is what one should resort to. The way to interpret it is as follows: either it is said that the narrator, when he said "it was day, except that the sun had not yet risen," was exaggerating to be certain of the rising of the true dawn; or it is said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in this pre-dawn meal about which Hudhayfah spoke, was in a specific situation indicated in another hadith. This is a very important hadith by which reconciliation is possible between this hadith of Hudhayfah and the hadith of Ibn 'Umar and the verse mentioned earlier.
That hadith is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): —or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said—, meaning: the Fajr adhan. If one has not yet finished his need for food or drink, let him continue with his food and drink even if the dawn becomes apparent to him; because this is a specific situation that is completely similar to one who begins the 'Asr prayer before the sun sets and catches one unit (rak'ah) of this prayer before the sun sets; his prayer is valid, even if the three units fall in the time of Maghrib. If he had started the 'Asr prayer in the time of Maghrib, his prayer would be invalid. But because he began it and completed one unit before the Maghrib prayer, the rest of the prayer is in the ruling of one who prayed it in its proper time. Similarly, if the one taking the pre-dawn meal starts his food before the dawn becomes apparent, and then the dawn rises, there is no harm in his continuing with his food and drink to the extent of his need. It is not that he should sit and linger as if he were in the time for a long period.
With this, the answer to that question ends.