Fajr time??

salaamualaykum, bahi - I have heard that Shk Khaled Fikri is going to be refuting the 18 degrees opinion in an opoen Q&A on Islam channel tomorrow at 11am. Can someone of knowledge please phone in and ask him: If he is willing to take responsability on the day of Judgement for the muslims in the UK losing their fast by choosing the later time. Even if there is difference of opinion - which there is not in this issue, surely we should advise the people to safeguard thier fasting - it is a pillar of the deen and it over rides unity on many fronts. Allah knows best.

It appears to me that both sides have evidences & validity to their positions & it's a matter of choosing one or the other though this is legitimate Ikhtilaaf & a matter of both being correct.


Rather than make this a further point of dividing the Ummah, we may need to "live & let live" or "agree to disagree" as this is also permissible in Islam.

Keeping this in mind, the practice in Ramadhan in Darul Uloom Karachi is that Suhoor ends at 18 degrees whilst the
Adhan of Fajr is called out at after the sun reaches 15 degrees below the horizon. This is done on the basis of ط

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so as to enable practice on both the views of 18 and 15 degrees . This is in the same context as appears in
numerous occasions in the classical texts of Fiqh, wherein a jurist regards practicing on a view which takes into
consideration and reconciles between differing views, as better (and not as necessary) to practice upon even though
it may be permissible according to that jurist to practice on the differing opinion.

From: Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Sent: 21 August 2011 11:21
To:
Subject: RE: Suhoor & Fajar
Dear Molana Hanif Sahab
Assalamu alaikum
Thanks very much for your email.
There are some fundamental misunderstandings that have been narrated in the referenced article. The viewpoint of the scholars of Darul Uloom Karachi since the time of my honourable father, Hazrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shafee' Sahab
(rh) has been that Subh Saadiq commences when the sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon, implying that Sehri ends at this time and it is totally impermissible to eat even a morsel after this time for one who is fasting. Similarly, it also implies that the time of Fajr Salah commences at this time, meaning that any person
who performs his Fajr Salah at this time will not be required to repeat his Salah as it was performed validly in its time.
Keeping this in mind, the practice in Ramadhan in Darul Uloom Karachi is that Suhoor ends at 18 degrees whilst the Adhan of Fajr is called out at after the sun reaches 15 degrees below the horizon. This is done on the basis of Ihteyaat so as to enable practice on both the views of 18 and 15 degrees.
This is in the same context as appears in numerous occasions in the classical texts of Fiqh, wherein a jurist regards practicing on a view which takes into consideration and reconciles between differing views, as better (and not as necessary) to practice upon even though it may be permissible according to that jurist to practice on the differing opinion. I hope this has clarified the misunderstanding.

Wassalaam

Muhammad Taqi Usmani