The ruling on one who eats the pre-dawn meal after the dawn has appeared, thinking that it is still night
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Question:
The questioner: The other question came from Abu Turki from Riyadh. He says: I am a man who lives alone in a house. One time, I got up to eat the pre-dawn meal and looked at the clock, and it was three in the morning, meaning there was plenty of time for the pre-dawn meal. There is no opening in the house for the light of day to enter. So I actually ate the pre-dawn meal. When I wanted to go out to pray the Fajr prayer, I realized that the day had broken and that the people had already prayed Fajr and returned to their homes. What is obligatory for me in this case: making up the fast or paying expiation? Do I complete the fast for this day or break it?
Answer:
You must complete the fast if it is Ramadan; you must complete the fast. And you must make up the day, according to the correct opinion held by most scholars, because you were negligent and did not take care to know the signs of the appearance of dawn. Rather, you were negligent, and then it became clear to you that you ate during the day. So you must make up the day, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions, and according to most scholars, while continuing to abstain from food and drink in Ramadan.
As for if the fast is not in Ramadan, such as a fast for expiation or a fast for a vow, then you do not continue to abstain; you make up a day in its place. If you know that you ate during the day, you break that fast and make up a day in its place. And praise be to Allah.
As for if it is a voluntary fast, the matter is broad. A voluntary fast is a broad matter. You may break the fast because it is voluntary, and you may fast again from the beginning. But since you ate during the day, you do not fast again from the beginning; rather, you break the fast, because it is a day that is not counted due to the eating in it during the day.
So the conclusion is: if it is a Ramadan fast, you must continue to abstain and make up that day. But if it is a fast for expiation, or a fast for a vow, or a voluntary fast, then you break it and make up a day in its place, in place of the expiation or the vow. Yes.
The presenter: And what if it is a make-up for an obligatory fast?
The Shaykh: Even if it is a make-up for Ramadan, he may break the fast.
The presenter: Is it considered like a voluntary fast?
The Shaykh: Because its time is not respected, unlike the time of Ramadan. As for the time of making up a fast, if he eats during the day thinking it is night, he breaks the fast and makes up a day in place of that day. He does not complete it; he is not required to complete it, because it does not benefit him anything.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
The questioner: The other question came from Abu Turki from Riyadh. He says: I am a man who lives alone in a house. One time, I got up to eat the pre-dawn meal and looked at the clock, and it was three in the morning, meaning there was plenty of time for the pre-dawn meal. There is no opening in the house for the light of day to enter. So I actually ate the pre-dawn meal. When I wanted to go out to pray the Fajr prayer, I realized that the day had broken and that the people had already prayed Fajr and returned to their homes. What is obligatory for me in this case: making up the fast or paying expiation? Do I complete the fast for this day or break it?
Answer:
You must complete the fast if it is Ramadan; you must complete the fast. And you must make up the day, according to the correct opinion held by most scholars, because you were negligent and did not take care to know the signs of the appearance of dawn. Rather, you were negligent, and then it became clear to you that you ate during the day. So you must make up the day, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions, and according to most scholars, while continuing to abstain from food and drink in Ramadan.
As for if the fast is not in Ramadan, such as a fast for expiation or a fast for a vow, then you do not continue to abstain; you make up a day in its place. If you know that you ate during the day, you break that fast and make up a day in its place. And praise be to Allah.
As for if it is a voluntary fast, the matter is broad. A voluntary fast is a broad matter. You may break the fast because it is voluntary, and you may fast again from the beginning. But since you ate during the day, you do not fast again from the beginning; rather, you break the fast, because it is a day that is not counted due to the eating in it during the day.
So the conclusion is: if it is a Ramadan fast, you must continue to abstain and make up that day. But if it is a fast for expiation, or a fast for a vow, or a voluntary fast, then you break it and make up a day in its place, in place of the expiation or the vow. Yes.
The presenter: And what if it is a make-up for an obligatory fast?
The Shaykh: Even if it is a make-up for Ramadan, he may break the fast.
The presenter: Is it considered like a voluntary fast?
The Shaykh: Because its time is not respected, unlike the time of Ramadan. As for the time of making up a fast, if he eats during the day thinking it is night, he breaks the fast and makes up a day in place of that day. He does not complete it; he is not required to complete it, because it does not benefit him anything.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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