Illustration only: if true dawn were 05:00 and sunset 19:00, the legal fasting day would span 14 hours. Its midpoint would therefore occur 7 hours after dawn, at 12:00.
These are hypothetical times, not a timetable for any location. Under the preferred juristic precision, the qualifying intention must occur before—not at—the midpoint.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Categories of Fasting and Rules of Intention
Illustration only: if true dawn were 05:00 and sunset 19:00, the legal fasting day would span 14 hours. Its midpoint would therefore occur 7 hours after dawn, at 12:00.
These are hypothetical times, not a timetable for any location. Under the preferred juristic precision, the qualifying intention must occur before—not at—the midpoint.