One should not break a fast merely because sunset might have occurred. If daylight is not known to have ended, the continuing presumption of daytime must be respected.
Quduri’s present clause addresses an actual error later established as fact. More detailed distinctions between doubt, predominant opinion, and factual proof are handled in wider Hanafi commentary.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Mistaken Dawn or Sunset, Qada and Kaffarah
One should not break a fast merely because sunset might have occurred. If daylight is not known to have ended, the continuing presumption of daytime must be respected.
Quduri’s present clause addresses an actual error later established as fact. More detailed distinctions between doubt, predominant opinion, and factual proof are handled in wider Hanafi commentary.