Does the remaining redness in the sky delay breaking the fast?
2026-10-14
T191 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete source question and answer
Complete original question and answer, 25/215–216.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
وسئل عن غروب الشمس: هل يجوز للصائم أن يفطر بمجرد غروبها؟
الجواب
إذا غاب جميع القرص أفطر الصائم، ولا عبرة بالحمرة الشديدة الباقية في الأفق.
وإذا غاب جميع القرص ظهر السواد من المشرق، كما قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إذا أقبل الليل من هاهنا، وأدبر النهار من هاهنا وغربت الشمس، فقد أفطر الصائم".
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
He was asked about sunset: may the fasting person break the fast as soon as the sun sets?
Answer
When the entire solar disc has disappeared, the fasting person breaks the fast. The intense redness remaining on the horizon is of no consequence.
When the entire disc has disappeared, darkness appears from the east, as the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “When night approaches from here, day retreats from here, and the sun sets, the fasting person's time to break the fast has come.”
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 25/215–216
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic checked against the cited source and adjacent question boundaries. Diacritics and display marks omitted; honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.