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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Breaking the Fast Early

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The Shaykh : Second: Regarding breaking the fast, it is recommended that a person hasten to break his fast, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd:
The people will remain upon goodness as long as they hasten to break the fast. لا يزال الناس بخير ما عجلوا الفطر
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 699Sahih (Darussalam)
So, should one break the fast when the sun sets, or when the adhan is called? Answer: When the sun sets. Accordingly, if you are in the desert and you see the sun has set and its disk has disappeared, but the adhan has not been called, do you break your fast? Yes, break your fast. Break your fast by the command of Allah and His Messenger. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
Then complete the fast ثم أتموا الصيام
[Al-Baqarah 2:187]
What?
to the night إلى الليل
And the night enters with the setting of the sun. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When the night approaches from here, and he pointed to the east, and the day departs from here, and he pointed to the west, and the sun sets, then the fasting person has broken his fast. إذا أقبل الليل من ها هنا وأشار إلى المشرق وأدبر النهار من ها هنا وأشار إلى المغرب وغربت الشمس فقد أفطر الصائم
Now, the opposite of this: if you hear the mu'adhdhin calling the adhan while you see that the sun has not set, do you break your fast or not? Do not break your fast, because the sun has not set. Now, the fast should be broken with dates, or fresh dates; if not, then with dry dates; if not, then with water; if not, then with any lawful food. And on this occasion, I...
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