 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وبركاتكم بكم في إحقام ستراملان سفشيل إن شاء الله سوف نذهب through all the different إحقام to do with fasting by his eminence to grant I told us say Salik Shirazi I'm your host Mohsin شاء الله انجوني me as always السلام عليكم شخنا هل ورحمة الله شخنا It happens in certain parts of the world especially in the summertime where the days are extremely long and unfortunately certain Muslims have to fast for an extreme amount of time here in England summertime we're looking at 18-19 hours of fasting I believe in towards north of Europe the Scandinavian area you're looking at 20 hours 21 hours even 22 hours of daylight is there a compulsion upon fasting for that amount of time surely this is detrimental to people's health أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصل الله على محمد واله الطيبين الطاهرين with regard to fasting long hours and in the countries such as north Europe and such like well initially let's give an introduction to this case so in the nineties for example many people migrated from the Middle East from the Muslim region towards Europe and north Europe and as well as North America and in that time the month of Ramadan was in winter mainly and gradually moved towards the summertime so by the 2011-12 the month of Ramadan was in August and July and the masala was asked by the Maraja in overall that what should we do with this regard we are in let's say in Scandinavian region even in the UK that we are fasting over 90 hours in some cases over 21 hours so what is the solution to this case do we have to continue fasting such long hours or can we break our fast in some how the masala was afforded to the sayed صادق الشرازي حفظه الله and he made an extensive research and depth تحقيق with this regard the sayed came up with this solution for the pious believers the fasting individuals for fasting long hours and in summertime of course now the first solution that says that you have two options with this regard number one is to fast the whole hours with respect to the local time so let's say if the fajar time is 3 o'clock and the Maghrib and Aisha time is 10.30 normally in English 9.30 3 o'clock to 9.30 exactly 9.30 11.30 in Scandinavian region such long hours number one you have the option of remaining with that local time so you fast before 3 o'clock in the morning which is the fajar time and you break a fast as you mentioned 9.30 in the UK Aisha time for example in Denmark or Sweden what time is fajar and what time is Maghrib it depends on the timetable let's say around 2 o'clock is the fajar time and the Maghrib time is around 10.30 to 11 so you have roughly 3.30 yes they have roughly 2.30 3 hours left to break the fast be free and eat again this is impossible this is not possible long hours of fasting I'm sure that many of the newly Balegh won't be able to carry on such long hours so they say it gives the first solution that you remain on that hours of fasting you stop eating and drinking in the fajar local time and you break the fast in the Maghrib local time of Adan the second solution the say it gives is to begin refraining from eating and drinking from the Adan al-Fajar local time and then you go back to the normal times of the Islamic cities Muslim cities such as Karbala Najaf, Mecca, Medina Qom, Mashhad and you pick up one of these timings in the middle east region in the Muslim region and then you add it to the fajar time from the fajar time onwards of your own country so let's say in the UK we stop eating and drinking at 3 o'clock AM so you add from the fajar time of the UK which is 3 o'clock onwards let's say 17 hours of the fasting daylight in Karbala for example so that comes up to 8 o'clock in the evening or asr time so you can break your fast by adding 17 hours which is Karbala time on top of the hours of local time so from the fajar time locally in the UK 3 o'clock AM and then you add 17 hours you'll end up by what 8 o'clock in the evening which is the asr time in our time in summertime so you can break your fast 8 o'clock asr time for the afternoon time in the UK for example you're allowed to choose any city any islamic city for example Mecca, Medina could be on our shorter for example so you can take advantage of the situation and try to find the shortest exactly you're allowed to do that so you could potentially be doing 16-15 hours fast it depends on the city that you pick up the calender time table of the and breaking fast I mean, Sir Sardik was probably was probably met with a lot of you know confusion maybe some thought that he was disrespecting so if we look at the Quranic ayah surely this is enough evidence to say that you have to fast until sunset it argues about even by the night what is the night here is it the normal the abnormal so what's normal and abnormal I'm assuming normal is that you look outside and the sun has set this night time there's no sunlight so what's considered abnormal you see islam was brought in the Middle East in that region and the way of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and his pure family that they fast they were fasting and breaking their fast into the normal hours in that region so which is roughly 17 hours in Mecca, Medina Iraq for example in Iran for example roughly 17 up to 17 and a half hours maximum that was the normal hours and default hours of fasting the daylight for the month of Ramadan anything beyond that becomes abnormal according to sayid's opinion so let's say in one of the northern countries Iceland the fasting time is 23 hours and 25 minutes they have only 35 minutes of night time let's say or is it the case where the sun lowers and then starts to rise again there seems to have the sunrise and sunset but only 35 minutes 35 minute gap so what sayid argues is that a night as well is there somebody who is able to fast 23 hours and 25 minutes almost impossible only somebody who is in a situation of not working sleeping all day for example even that it depends exactly so the sayid says no that's abnormal hours anything beyond 17 and a half hours is abnormal hours so in this case you're allowed to break your fast according to the normal hours of an Islamic city why did the sayid choose 17 or 17 and a half hours it's the standard day what methodology did he use did he take an average of all the day of the sunlight and then how long it's lasting throughout the whole year and come up with an average or is it some other methodology of that a normal day is 17 hours or 17 and a half hours as I've mentioned that this was in the times of the Prophet ﷺ that they used to fast 17 to max 17 and a half hours normal hours this is the way of the Shari'a went on that even after them the ulama came and they used to fast in this normal hours anything beyond that the city is abnormal and it is not normal it's something by default by default they used to fast 17 to 17 and a half hours and this case of وغير متعرف the normal and abnormal it's been mentioned in the with regard to the wudu for example they say for example if the hands are larger than the normal then you have to make sure you wash your face with the normal way in which the others used to wash so you don't have to wash you know up to the earth for example or if you have a small hand then you have to this is abnormal then you have to make sure you wash all the sides which requires to be washed so this case has been discussed in the that the normal and abnormal متعرف وغير متعرف so the say it with this masha'a Allah and knowledge and deduction that this is not normal hours 22 hours 21 hours 20 hours is abnormal hours of fasting so in this case you can go back and choose one of the islamic cities and break your fast according to the hours of that time and that doesn't mean that you have to wait and watch the tv and whenever the Karbala goes on then you break you have to add the hours of the Karbala when the time as Karbala will open the hours it's the same amount of time you add this amount on top of your Fajr time your local Fajr time in London in Sweden, in Norway, in Denmark and then you break your fast afterwards wherever it goes so if it goes up to 6 o'clock in the afternoon 7 o'clock 8 it depends which city you choose and what hours are in total احسنت شخص احسنت is it fair to mention that the Sayyid isn't the only one with this Fatwa because obviously he received a lot of you could say publicity for this Fatwa because he was the only one with it but now Mashallah we have other Ulama also who have agreed with this it's not just Sayyid Sadik anymore there is a number of Ulama that actually accept this Fatwa as well and have given their own reasons exactly there are a couple of Ulama as well 3 or 4 of the Ulama they came after the Sayyid and they also issued this this case of breaking your fast early during the daylight in the hours in which are abnormal and they discussed the issue from different angles some of them scientifically and some of them in other methods this is how الحمدلله we have in the school of Ahl-e-Bayt that we have the where you can deduct the from its sources and with your own findings and extraction of the that's very important to understand that the the address wooden is an expert in this field spent 40-50 years so when he issues such an important an important and he gives Fatwa that's very important because we have a Hadith which says that the one who gives Fatwa wrongfully and he knows about it then he will gain fire his seat will be filled with fire يتبوأ مقاده من النار so the merge is not a person who would fall himself into such a position position because he's a Muttaqi his pious so this Fatwa الحمدلله has been also argued and issued by the Alama as well and some of them as I mentioned 3 or 4 of them they came up with the same findings and conclusion that you can break your fast I understand what about the fasts which are usually shorter than a normal day as in we're discussing where the night is very very short and abnormal what's about the opposite way where the day is very very short and abnormal does any ruling apply to the time limit of fasting on those days exactly the said also argues the issue of if the month of Ramadan was in winter and in some countries the daylight is only 5 hours let's say let's say 9 o'clock is the Fajr time and 2 o'clock is the Maghrib time for example so short only 4-5 hours the say it says you cannot fast 5 hours only that's not fasting that's abnormal I mean the normal fasting in the winter time for example in the Middle East in the Muslim region it's around let's say 7 or 8 hours it's normally so you have to go back to the hours the winter hours of the fasting period in the Muslim countries you bring that 7-8 hours on top of the Fajr time of your local time and then you have to wait so when the Maghrib time locally goes on you pray the Maghrib time but you have to wait 1-2 hours less or more if it's dark there's no sun anymore in the sky but you have to wait because you are fasting abnormal hours the daylight is abnormal it's not 7 or 8 hours it's only 5-4 hours sometimes so yes you have to make sure that you wait after the Maghrib a couple of hours and then you break your fast afterwards so it's vice versa to the summer time where you can break your fast when the sun is in the sky and according to the hours of the Muslim country شخنة is it mentioned the amount of hours which qualifies for a short day so if it is this amount of hours you have to extend your fast and if it's not then you can keep the fast 17.5 hours for daylight what about the other way around the same dimension is that this ruling applies for the fasting period which is less than 6 hours 6 hours of the day yes exactly so you have to make sure that it's not more than 6 hours so now let me mention this as well if you are dreaming exceeded 6 hours let's say 7 hours then you have to fast normally the Fajr you stop refrain from eating and drinking and the Maghrib you break your fast locally likewise for the summer time as well if the hours are less than 17.5 hours then of course you have to go back and revert back to the first option anything less than 17.5 hours of fasting time of daylight it goes back to normal because I mentioned that in the middle east it was 17.5 max of normal hours of fasting of daylight now if let's say the timing went less than 17.5 or equal then you have to stop breaking fast when the sun is in the sky so you have to make sure you wait when you break your fast in the normal local Adhan Maghrib time of your country so you are saying if the fast is 17 hours 30 minutes you have to fast the 17 hours 30 minutes the local time you are not allowed to shorten if it is 17 hours and 31 minutes then you can refer to another city and maybe you will be fasting 16 hours or 15 hours exactly anything beyond 17.5 hours and becomes abnormal time even in few minutes as we mentioned you go back to the normal hours of an Islamic city and you begin to break your fast in the daylight thank you very much for explaining that for us and thank you to all the viewers who are joining us on this episode Insha'Allah you will be having a nice easy short fast and you will have the yakin that this fatwa was fully approved by the ulama and that there is nothing wrong with shortening your fast if there is abnormal hours until next time السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته