LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Mistaken Dawn or Sunset, Qada and KaffarahQuiz

وَمَنْ تَسَحَّرَ وَهُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّ الْفَجْرَ لَمْ يَطْلُعْ، أَوْ أَفْطَرَ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ قَدْ غَرَبَتْ، ثُمَّ تَبَيَّنَ أَنَّ الْفَجْرَ كَانَ قَدْ طَلَعَ، أَوْ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ لَمْ تَغْرُبْ، قَضَى ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ وَلَا كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation: Whoever ate suhur thinking dawn had not arrived, or broke the fast believing the sun had set, and then discovered that dawn had already arrived or the sun had not set, must make up that day, but no kaffarah is due.

The passage presents two supposed circumstances, establishes that the actual time was different, and then gives a shared ruling. The logical order is belief, subsequent discovery, and legal consequence.

This is one continuous primary passage. Later quotations merely isolate its phrases for explanation.

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Kitab al-Sawm: Mistaken Dawn or Sunset, Qada and Kaffarah

وَمَنْ تَسَحَّرَ وَهُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّ الْفَجْرَ لَمْ يَطْلُعْ، أَوْ أَفْطَرَ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ قَدْ غَرَبَتْ، ثُمَّ تَبَيَّنَ أَنَّ الْفَجْرَ كَانَ قَدْ طَلَعَ، أَوْ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ لَمْ تَغْرُبْ، قَضَى ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ وَلَا كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation: Whoever ate suhur thinking dawn had not arrived, or broke the fast believing the sun had set, and then discovered that dawn had already arrived or the sun had not set, must make up that day, but no kaffarah is due.

The passage presents two supposed circumstances, establishes that the actual time was different, and then gives a shared ruling. The logical order is belief, subsequent discovery, and legal consequence.

This is one continuous primary passage. Later quotations merely isolate its phrases for explanation.