Ruling on the Fasting Person Continuing to Eat During the Fajr Adhan

Question:
He says: On one of the nights of Ramadan, we got up for the pre-dawn meal, but we got up late, and some of us got up very late. So, one person ate, and the dawn broke while he was still eating, and he did not stop. What is the ruling on his fast? And what is the ruling for the one who, when the adhan is called to stop, does not leave off eating? Please inform us; may Allah reward you.

Answer:
Whoever eats after the dawn has broken must repeat it, and he must make up the fast along with repentance. As for the one who eats while the adhan is being called, or in a place where he is uncertain about the breaking of the dawn and the dawn has not become clear to him, there is no blame on him. However, when the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan, one should stop; the adhan obligates ceasing from taking food and drink.
But if he eats some food or drinks some water while the adhan is being called, and he does not know that the dawn has broken, there is no blame; because the mu'adhdhins call the adhan based on the calendar and on the assumption of dawn, not on certainty of dawn. So, if he drinks something at the time of the adhan or eats something at the time of the adhan, it does not harm him, if Allah wills, except if he is in a place where he knows the dawn has broken, then he must stop, or in a place where he knows that the mu'adhdhin only calls the adhan after the dawn has broken, then he must stop when he hears the adhan. As for the adhan known now, which is based on the calendar, there is no blame in taking what is in his hand of food or drink at the time of the adhan. Yes.

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