Is it Permissible to Eat and Drink after the Fajr Adhaan Starts? - Dr Zakir Naik

Is it Permissible to Eat and Drink after the Fajr Adhaan Starts? - Dr Zakir Naik

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Yusuf Chambers: Dr. Zakir is it allowed for one to eat and drink even when the Mu’adhin pronounces the call to pray for Fajr. Is it allowed to eat and drink some people…I am not sure whether it is correct or not but some people believe eat and drink all the way up to the Fajr Adhaan and be on it.

Dr. Zakir: I am aware that there are some Muslims who believe that you can eat and drink until the Fajr Adhaan ends. And there are some people who when they can hear various Adhaan of different Mosques from their house they wait till they hear the end of the last Adhaan. So if they can hear 5-6 Adhaan they wait till the last Adhaan ends, till that time they can eat and drink. Infact this is not proved from any of the Hadith of the Prophet. And anyone who innovates a new thing in the Deen, it has to be rejected.

It’s mentioned in the Hadith of Sahih Al Bukhari Vol. no. 3 Hadith no. 2697 that

“Anyone who innovates a new thing in the Deen, it has to be rejected”

In fact it’s clearly mentioned in Surah Baqarah ch. no. 2 verse no. 187 that

“Eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread”

That means the moment the dawn breaks, the moment you hear the Adhaan you have to stop eating. And as I quoted earlier it’s a Hadith of

Sahih Bukhari Vol. no. 3 in the Book of Fasting Hadith no. 1918 an Hadith no. 1919 where Hazrat Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, she said that

“When you hear the Adhaan of Bilal, may Allah be pleased with her, continue eating and drinking until you hear the Adhaan of Ibn Umm-e-Maktoom for when he gives the Adhaan, it is the time for Fajr that dawn break out.”

That means the moment you hear the Adhaan you have to stop eating. The moment you hear the Adhaan you stop eating. But there is a concession given by our beloved Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) its mentioned in a Sahih Hadith of

Sunan Abu Dawud Vol. no. 2 in the Book of Fasting Hadith no. 2343 where the beloved Prophet said that

“When you hear the Adhaan and if you have drinking vessel in your hand, you are allowed to satisfy yourself from that vessel.”

That means our beloved Prophet has given a concession that while you are eating or drinking something is in your hand, you can complete it. But that doesn’t mean that if you have a big sandwich in your hand that you complete it. If you have a bite left of that sandwich in your hand and then you had it, its fine. Or when you are drinking a glass of weather and there is something left in it, you can have it. That doesn’t mean you can go out of your way and touch your hand and pick up another glass of water and keep on having, you have a big burger or sandwich and you keep on eating for a few minutes after the Adhaan started. And it’s a misconception that you can eat till the end of the Adhaan, there is no Hadith saying that. Because you start the Adhaan, the moment the Fajr prayer time starts or moment it’s the break of dawn, the Adhaan has to be given. The moment you hear the Adhaan, you have to stop eating.