What is the ruling on one who drinks water in Ramadan while the mu'adhdhin is calling to prayer?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Shaykh, what about one who drinks water at the time of the Fajr adhan in Ramadan, or while it is being called?
The Shaykh : Yes, this depends. If the mu'adhdhin does not call to prayer unless he sees the dawn, it is obligatory for him to abstain from the moment he hears it. However, Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a good chain that As for when the mu'adhdhin calls to prayer based on the calendar, the matter is broad in this regard, because if you were to ask these mu'adhdhins, "Do you testify that the dawn has appeared?" they would say, "We do not testify." You will find them calling to prayer for Maghrib based on the time, and reliable people have informed me that they heard the mu'adhdhins calling to prayer while the sun had not yet set, because they do not observe the dawn nor do they observe the sun.
And according to what we know now, based on our knowledge, the mu'adhdhins do not call to prayer based on the dawn; they call based on the calendar. So the matter is broad in this regard. If he drinks while it is being called, or eats something while it is being called, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : He should make it up as a precaution, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know. Precaution is only taken when there is a basis for it. Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes, this depends. If the mu'adhdhin does not call to prayer unless he sees the dawn, it is obligatory for him to abstain from the moment he hears it. However, Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a good chain that
If the vessel is in the hand of a person, he should not put it down until he has satisfied his thirst from it.
إذا كان الإناء في يد الإنسان فلا يضعه حتى يقضي نهمته منهAnd according to what we know now, based on our knowledge, the mu'adhdhins do not call to prayer based on the dawn; they call based on the calendar. So the matter is broad in this regard. If he drinks while it is being called, or eats something while it is being called, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : He should make it up as a precaution, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know. Precaution is only taken when there is a basis for it. Yes, that is right.