A man woke up in the last time of Fajr in a state of major ritual impurity, and if he had taken a full ritual bath, the sun would have risen and the time for Fajr would have ended. Is it permissible for him to perform dry ablution?

The questioner : A man woke up in the last time of Fajr

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : and if he had taken a full ritual bath and entered [the prayer], the sun would have risen and the time for Fajr would have ended. Is it permissible for him to perform dry ablution?

The Shaykh : If your question is precise, as we assume it is, then the answer is that he should proceed with purification, even if the sun rises on him. If the sun rises on him, it does not rise while he is in a state of sin. The ruling is as in the case of a person who wakes up in a state of major ritual impurity half an hour before the sun rises and, to use the Syrian expression, he drags it out, he drags it out, meaning he prolongs it until five minutes before the sun rises. Between the time he takes his full ritual bath, the sun rises and it is over for him. And for that reason I said, if your question is precise, as it is supposed to be, then the answer is that if the sun rises on him, he was in obedience to Allah. And I am pleased to mention on this occasion a sound report from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that he led the people in prayer