Being a Shafie, was my fast valid if I accidently followed the hanafi sehri ending time?
Question
I am from Malaysia and studying in UK. I was not aware of the difference bt fajar and asar time between the shafie and hanafi mazhab. A large portion of last ramadhan i ate to the last minute before sehri ends using the hanafi time. Do I have to perform qada'? JazakAllah Khair for your attention.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
All scholars agree that the time of the pre-dawn meal [suhur] lasts until the break of dawn [subh sadiq] – meaning that one needs to stop eating before the break of dawn. [i]
Insha-Allah, your fasts were valid and you do not have to make up [qada] of your fasts.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
قال الله عز وجل : ( أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَى نِسَائِكُمْ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ [i]
أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْ فَالآنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ ) البقرة ١٨٧
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- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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