The Sunnah is to delay the pre-dawn meal and hasten breaking the fast

Question:
In the month of Ramadan, we prepare the pre-dawn meal a third or half an hour before the call to prayer. The call is made while we have not yet finished the pre-dawn meal, so we eat while the call is being made. Some people said: abstention begins upon hearing the call to prayer, and some said: the best time for the pre-dawn meal is at the time of the call so that it is delayed, even though we do not know whether the call is made a little before the appearance of dawn or at the appearance of dawn. What is the ruling on what we did?

Answer:
The Sunnah is to delay the pre-dawn meal until the end of the night, but it should be brought forward before the call to prayer, so that the one eating the pre-dawn meal finishes before the call. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate the pre-dawn meal at the end of the night, and then they stood up for prayer after the pre-dawn meal. They stood up, and Anas was asked about that: how much time was there between the call to prayer and the pre-dawn meal? He said: the length of fifty verses. So the point is that delaying is better, but it must end before the call to prayer. If one eats while the call is being made, there is no blame on him, provided they do not know that the dawn has appeared. As for if they know that the dawn has appeared, like the one in the desert who sees the dawn, then he does not eat when the dawn appears, even if the call has not been made, because the criterion is the dawn, because Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: , meaning from the dawn. So if one does not know whether the dawn has appeared or not, he may drink or eat with the call to prayer, but leaving this is safer and more appropriate. And if one advances the pre-dawn meal to be before the call to prayer, that is the best and most appropriate, as a precaution for the fast and to avoid doubt. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .