Some of the brothers in some mosques that do not observe the entry of the time hasten to break the fast in application of the Sunnah, and disputes arise. What is the ruling on that?

The questioner : We have problems in the mosques. Some of the brothers, in applying this Sunnah, sit in the mosque or in the mosques in a circle and break their fast, naturally, before the adhan of the Ministry of Awqaf. Consequently, some problems have arisen between the brothers and the people, and this is what actually happened. So, do we apply this Sunnah and insist on applying it, meaning in the mosques, or do you advise us, for example, to break our fast in our homes and then go and pray with them in the mosque? If the answer to this question is that yes, we break our fast, why do we wait with the imam until we pray with him in congregation, since the time of sunset has arrived and we broke our fast before the congregation? Why do we wait with them until we pray the congregation with them?

The Shaykh : I understand from your second question that he does not pray with the congregation?

The questioner : I mean, he broke his fast...

The Shaykh : Tell me, is this understanding correct or not? I mean, when any questioner asks a question that has some length, and I do not say it has some disorder, do you see that this length needs to be shortened? First of all, as for me, as the one to whom the question is directed, I need to know whether I understood the question or not?

The questioner : Yes, your question to me indicates that you understood the question.

The Shaykh : But I have not confirmed that I understood. When do I confirm? When you tell me, yes, this is what I understood is what you intended.

The questioner : Yes, that is the intention.

The Shaykh : Yes, that is the answer. Do not come and give me a second lecture. (laughs)The Shaykh : AndThe questioner : (may Allah have mercy on them) — My brother, what I am saying is that in truth, we, the Muslims all, and especially the Salafis, have two things. The first is da'wah, let us say the religion, but we say da'wah; because not everyone who is religious with the religion of Islam calls to Islam. Many people, even from the specialists, do not care about people, do not advise people, do not call people, and... and... and so on. Therefore, I attribute these errors that we try to correct and these deviations that we try to straighten to the fact that the people of religion and knowledge do not explain to people and do not call them, leaving them like this, casually. I give an example, for instance, what does the spread of eating and taking and giving with the left hand among people mean? And this does not require effort. If we said to people, "Get up and pray at night," and the people are sleeping, by Allah, this requires the jihad of the heroes. But take with the right hand and do not take with the left, give with the right hand and do not give with the left, eat with the right hand and do not eat with the left. It is an obligatory command. What is the cause of the spread of violation of the Shari'ah? The cause is the lack of advising these ignorant people. The silence of the people of knowledge, at least those who know by taqlid, if we assume that they do not read the Sunnah, do not read the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): Suppose they did not read this hadith, but all the books of fiqh are full of the fact that it is not permissible to eat with the left hand and drink with the left hand. What does it mean that the Muslims have lived for fourteen centuries of Islam, and the customs are going on as if they were the lands of the disbelievers? The ignorance and the responsibility lie with the people of knowledge in this reality, at least. So, the point is that da'wah is one thing, and the style of da'wah is another thing. I want every Muslim, first, and our Salafi brothers, second, to distinguish between the two matters; because da'wah is intended in itself, meaning it is obligatory for every Muslim to know, for example, how to pray? How to fast? How to break the fast? How? How? And so on. But it is not obligatory for him to call; because da'wah is a collective obligation, whereas knowledge and being religious with it is an individual obligation. If this reality is known to us, then we should not focus on the second thing, which is the style in da'wah. We said we have da'wah and we have a style in da'wah. The style of da'wah is known explicitly in the Noble Qur'an: But da'wah comes before the style, and we cannot assume that all people, all those engaged in da'wah, we cannot ever imagine that they are on the same level in the goodness of style, and the goodness of calling to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). This is impossible. So we must focus our attention on the first matter, which is da'wah. As for the second matter, just as it is obligatory for the one who has a good style in da'wah to be gentle in his calling of people to his da'wah, so it is recommended for this caller to be gentle with his brothers who are bad in style in da'wah. I think the speech is clear; why?