(38) Jua likishatoweka kabisa, mfungaji anapaswa kufungua saumu yake, wala asijali mwanga mwekundu unaobaki upeo wa macheo, kwa sababu Mtume ﷺ alisema: “Usiku ukija kutoka huko na mchana ukiondoka kutoka huko, na jua likiwa limezama, mfungaji anapaswa kufungua saumu yake.” (Amesimulia al-Bukhaariy, al-Fath, namba 1954; suala hili pia limetajwa katika Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 25/216).

(38) Once the entire disk of the sun has disappeared, the fasting person should break his fast, and not pay any attention to the red glow that remains on the horizon, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Once night comes from there and the day disappears from there, and the sun has set, the fasting person should break his fast.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 1954; the issue is also mentioned in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 25/216).

Sunnah ni kuharakisha kufuturu. Nabii (amani na baraka za Allaah ziwe juu yake) hakuwa akiswali Maghrib mpaka awe amefuturu, hata ikiwa ni kwa funda la maji. (Imepokewa na al-Haakim, 1/432; al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, 2110). Mfungaji asipopata chochote cha kufuturia, anapaswa kuwa na nia moyoni mwake ya kufuturu, na asinyonye kidole chake kama wafanyavyo baadhi ya watu wa kawaida. Ajihadhari na kufuturu kabla ya wakati sahihi, kwa sababu Nabii ﷺ aliwaona baadhi ya watu wakining'inia kwa nyonga zao huku damu ikitiririka kutoka pembe za midomo yao, na alipouliza kuwahusu aliambiwa kuwa ni watu waliokuwa wakifuturu kabla ya wakati wake. (Hadithi hii imo katika Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah, namba 1986, na katika Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/420). Mtu akiwa na uhakika, au akidhani kwa nguvu, au hana uhakika kama alifuturu kabla ya wakati sahihi, anapaswa kulipa funga hiyo baadaye, kwa sababu msingi ni kwamba siku bado ipo na haijaisha. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 10/287). Ajihadhari na kutegemea maneno ya watoto wadogo au vyanzo visivyoaminika, na pia ajihadhari na tofauti za muda kati ya miji na vijiji tofauti anaposikia adhana redioni na kadhalika.

The Sunnah is to hasten in breaking the fast. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would not pray Maghrib until he had broken his fast, if only with a sip of water. (Reported by al-Haakim, 1/432; al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, 2110). If a fasting person cannot find anything with which to break his fast, he should have the intention in his heart to break his fast, and he should not suck his finger, as some of the common people do. He should beware of breaking the fast before the correct time, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw some people hanging from their hamstrings with blood pouring from the corners of their mouths, and when he asked about them, he was told that they were people who broke their fast before it was time to do so.” (The hadeeth is in Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah, no. 1986, and in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/420). If a person is certain, or thinks it most likely, or is not sure whether he broke the fast before the proper time, he should make up the fast later on, because the basic principle is that the day is still there and has not ended. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 10/287). He should beware of relying on the word of small children or untrustworthy sources, and he should also beware of the time differences between different cities and villages when he hears the adhaan on the radio and so on.

(39) Alfajiri inapofika – ambayo ni nuru nyeupe inayotokea upande wa mashariki kwenye upeo wa macho – mfungaji lazima aache kula na kunywa mara moja, awe amesikia adhana au hajasikia. Ikiwa anajua kwamba muadhini huita adhana alfajiri, anapaswa kuacha kula na kunywa mara tu anaposikia adhana yake. Lakini ikiwa muadhini huita adhana kabla ya Alfajiri, basi hana haja ya kuacha kula na kunywa anaposikia adhana hiyo. Ikiwa hajui desturi ya kawaida ya muadhini, au kuna tofauti kati ya waadhini, na hawezi kubaini mwenyewe wakati wa alfajiri – kama ilivyo kawaida mijini kutokana na taa na majengo – basi achukue tahadhari ya kurejea ratiba iliyochapishwa, mradi tu awe na uhakika kwamba mahesabu yanayoitegemea si sahihi.

(39) When the dawn comes – which is the white light coming across the horizon in the East – the fasting person must stop eating and drinking straightaway, whether he hears the adhaan or not. If he knows that the muezzin calls the adhaan at dawn, he has to stop eating and drinking as soon as he hears his adhaan, but if the muezzin calls the adhaan before Fajr, he does not have to stop eating and drinking when he hears it. If he does not know the muezzin’s usual practice, or there are differences among the muezzins, and he cannot determine the time of dawn for himself – as is usually the case in cities because of lighting and buildings – he should take the precaution of referring to a printed timetable, so long as he is sure that the calculations on which it is based are not incorrect.

Wazo la kujihadhari kwa kuacha kula na kunywa muda fulani kabla ya Alfajiri, kama dakika kumi kabla yake, ni bid'ah. Katika baadhi ya ratiba unaweza kuona kichwa kimoja cha "imsaak" (kuacha kula na kunywa) na kingine cha Alfajiri; jambo hili linapingana na Uislamu.

The idea of being on the safe side by stopping eating and drinking a certain time before Fajr, such as ten minutes before, is bid’ah. On some timetables you can see one heading for “imsaak” (stopping eating and drinking) and another for Fajr; this is something that is contrary to Islam.

(40) Waislamu wanaoishi katika miji ambayo kuna mabadiliko wazi ya usiku na mchana katika kila kipindi cha saa ishirini na nne wanalazimika kufunga, bila kujali siku ni ndefu kiasi gani, mradi tofauti hiyo kati ya usiku na mchana ipo. Katika baadhi ya maeneo hakuna tofauti kama hiyo kati ya usiku na mchana; Waislamu walioko katika maeneo haya wanapaswa kufunga kwa kufuata nyakati za mji ulio karibu zaidi ambao kuna mabadiliko wazi ya usiku na mchana.

(40) The Muslims living in cities where there is a distinct alternation of night and day in every twenty-four hour period are obliged to fast, no matter how long the day is, so long as that distinction between night and day is there. In some places there is no such distinction between night and day; Muslims in these places should fast according to the times in the nearest city in which there is a distinct alternation of night and day.