
Ruling on doing Iftar by mistake before time |
Darulifta Ahlesunnat |
(Dawateislami) |
Question |
What do respected scholars of Islam and Muftis of Shari’ah say about the following issue: A person observed a Sawm(fast) but he made a mistake while looking at Iftar timing in the specified timetable. As a result, he broke his Sawm one minute earlier. Is his Sawm valid or not? And what should he do now? |
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ |
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ |
In the situation mentioned in the question, the Sawm(fast) of the person who broke it one minute earlier is not valid. It is obligatory for him to observe a Sawm as Qada. However, there is no Kaffarah (expiation). Therefore, he should observe one Sawm with the intention of Qada. A legendary scholar of Shari’ah, ‘Allamah Maulana Mufti Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه stated: If a disbeliever becomes a Muslim or a non-pubescent reaches the age of puberty or someone eats Sahari-meal thinking that it was night time whereas it was morning time [i.e. Subh-e-Sadiq had started] or anyone does Iftar thinking that the sun had set whereas it had not yet set; in all of these cases, it is Wajib to spend the remaining part of the day like a Sawm-observing person. And, for the non-pubescent who reaches the age of puberty or the disbeliever who becomes a Muslim, it is not Wajib to observe the Sawm of that day as Qada.Apart frome these, for all others [mentioned above], it is Wajib to observe its Qada.(Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, pp. 990) |
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم |
Answered by:Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari |