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

“Yaẓunnu” conveys belief or supposition. A person’s subjective judgment and the time subsequently established as fact can differ.

Merely worrying that one may have been wrong is not the same as discovering an actual error. The source expressly says “thumma tabayyana,” meaning that the true situation became clear.

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Belief versus an established fact

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

“Yaẓunnu” conveys belief or supposition. A person’s subjective judgment and the time subsequently established as fact can differ.

Merely worrying that one may have been wrong is not the same as discovering an actual error. The source expressly says “thumma tabayyana,” meaning that the true situation became clear.