What is the ruling regarding Start of a fast and ending of fast time according to Quran & Hadith
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Starting and ending time fasts
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 187:
187 Permitted to you on the night of the fasts is the approach to your
wives. They are your garments. And ye are their garments. Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly
among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with
them and seek what Allah hath ordained for you and eat and drink until
the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; then
complete your fast till the night appears; but do not associate with
your wives while ye are in retreat in the mosques. Those are limits (set by) Allah; approach not
nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear
His signs to men that they may learn self-restraint.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 6.36 Narrated by Ash Shabi
'Adi took a white rope (or thread) and a
black one, and when some part of the night had passed, he looked at them but he
could not distinguish one from the other. The next morning he went to the
Prophet (saws) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (saws)! I put (a white
thread and a black thread) underneath my pillow." The Prophet (saws) said,
"Then your pillow is too wide if the white thread (of dawn) and the black
thread (of the night) are underneath your pillow!"
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.140 Narrated by Adi bin Hatim
When the above verses were revealed:
"Until the white thread appears to you, distinct from the black thread..”,
I took two (hair) strings, one black and the other white, and kept them under
my pillow and went on looking at them throughout the night but could not make
anything out of it. So, the next morning I went to Allah's Messenger (saws) and
told him the whole story. He (saws) explained to me, "That verse means the
darkness of the night and the whiteness of the dawn."
Your
Question: What is the ruling regarding Start of a fast and ending of fast time
according to Quran & Hadith?
In light of the above Verse of the Glorious Quran and the
guidance of the Messenger of Allah (saws), the fast time starts just before the
absolute first break of dawn until the sun has completely set and first sign of
darkness appears on the horizon.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister