If the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan for the Fajr prayer in Ramadan and the time arrives while I am in a state of major ritual impurity, is my fast invalid, or must I perform the full ritual bath and pray, and is my fast valid?

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The questioner : If the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan for the Fajr prayer in Ramadan and the time arrives while I am in a state of major ritual impurity, is my fast invalid, or must I perform the full ritual bath and pray, and is my fast valid?

The Shaykh : If the Fajr adhan is called and a person intends to fast while in a state of major ritual impurity, there is no blame on him if he fasts and then performs the full ritual bath after the dawn breaks, based on the statement of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would wake during Ramadan (fasting) in a state of major impurity without a wet dream

كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يصبح جنباً من غير احتلام ويصوم

Riyad as-Salihin 1245

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This is derived from the statement of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):

So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset.

فَالآنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ

[Al-Baqarah 2:187]

Therefore, the permissibility of intercourse until the dawn breaks necessitates that the full ritual bath not be performed until after the dawn breaks.

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