Why Even One Sip Counts Before Dawn

Of that.

[Silence]

Roughly one roughly four of the.

[Silence]

Medium hand basket.

[Silence]

And a half to three kilos. It's an approximation and alhamdulillah it is an approximation because exact measurements especially when it comes to volume and weight in Islamic law are usually overlooked. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says he says subhanahua I'm glitching a little bit. He says, "Subhan,.

[Silence]

So he says, "And if you measure or weigh, then be correct and be truthful and dutiful and be precise as possible. Then he says, "Allah holds no soul to account more than it can bear." The scholars take from this the approximation that takes place with respect to weights and volume. It's almost impossible to be perfectly exact. And so a lot of the measurements in the sunnah are an approximation. Today inshallah we want to discuss some of the etiquets of fasting. Now the author takes us into a chapter which complements the previous chapter. The previous chapter spoke about the bare minimum of fasting. what is absolutely necessary and what will compromise a person's fast. Right? This chapter is going to discuss what betters a person's fast and what is appropriate and what is inappropriate for a person who is fasting. He says it is preferred. Preferred. Preference is a ruling in Islam. And preference has has an approximation or preference has parameters to it. And these terms are used by the scholars of the jurists of Islam to refer to that which is preferred. It is not obligatory. It is commanded but commanded without obligation. And this is an important point.

[Silence]

And so that which is that which is preferred, it is a command of Allah. When we say this is preferred, this is optional, this is highly highly encouraged. It means that Allah commanded it. He commanded that we do it. But he commanded that we do it without obligation. So what is the ruling with respect to that which is the ruling is that those who do it are rewarded, but those who fail to do it are not held to account. But those who fail to do it are not held to account. But they are commands. The first of these etiquets, the most important of these etiquets with respect to fasting is breakfast is breakfast and that is that it is referred to as why is it referred to as in the Arabic language? These three letters when they come together they articulate something that is hidden. That's why we refer to magic as what right it has the same origins as because magic you see a result but you don't know the how. Right? This is the idea. the exact how is hidden. And so auror is breakfast, but it's not just breakfast at any time. It's breakfast in the darkest part of the night before dawn. That's why it's referred to as sahur because it's it's dark. It's usually hidden, right? People are doing it in their homes. It's not something very public, very prominent. And so it's referred to as the Arabs refer to a pre-dawn breakfast asur. And so a sour is highly encouraged. As a matter of fact, it is so highly encouraged that some of the scholars of Islam have viewed a to be obligatory. Now the majority of the scholarship of Islam hold aur to be highly encouraged. However, this is to show you the amount of emphasis that the prophet sallall.aii wasallam put on to the point that some scholars concluded from the evidence that it is obligatory and that it is a part of fasting. Is mentioned in the Quran? A little trivia. I can't see. You're you're sitting behind a thing. You should sit a little further. As a matter of fact, go outside and listen through the window. What is it? Is it mentioned in the Quran?

[Arabic recitation]

It's not eating, meaning they make during the late hours pre-dawn. Okay, very good. You got one word, but there's actually two eating. There we go. We have our own our very own homegrown here. Mashallah. Allah says, Some of the mufire have understood this to be a and eat and proceed to eat and drink until the th the white thread of dawn distinguishes itself from the black thread of night. And then begin your fast until nightfall. And we said nightfall in Islam is when when is nightfall when when is when the disc of the sun sets under the horizon. This is even if it's very bright out. It is considered to be night. This is nightfall. He says, "What is anis's abdman?" That's the default ka, isn't it? Abu Abdullah and Abu Abdman. Just shoot that one. You might as No, it's not Abu Abdman. Nor is it Abu Abdullah. Huh? Well, that's his father's name. Yes. Anisb Malik. But his Abu Abu Hamza Abu Hamza anis how long h how old was he when he passed away? Over 120. Yes. Very good. Very good. Abu Abu Hamza Anison. If we were to say with on the scene, it is the act of breakfast. If we say it is what you eat for breakfast, right? So, eating breakfast. So, is what you eat. It's the actual food that's with a fat on the scene. If we put a on the scene, it's the breakfast itself. It's it's the act of eating breakfast. Our prophet Sam tells us as reported by Bkari a Muslim. He says, "Have eat for indeed there is great blessing in bar." What is alaka in the Arabic language? What's it mean? Baraka. Blessings. That's what we usually translate it as, right? But when we look at the etmology of the word, it comes when we look at these three letters in this order in the Arabic language articulate an immense wealth of good. That's why we call a pond or a lake, what do we call it in Arabic? B because it is a a wealth of remnant good is not just good or a lot of it. It has three things good and it's a lot immense and it is permanent. It is continuous. So we call a a lake a ba because it is a wealth of permanent remnant good. Likewise a camel when a camel lays down what do we call this bur or bak right the camels I mean that is the most valuable thing in the to the Arabs camels and water right could you think of anything more important if you're living in the middle of the desert than a camel and water so that's why they use these letters s to describe the camel, to describe water and to describe blessings. One of the names of Allah is that he subhanahu wa'ta'ala or one of his descriptions we hear often in the Quran right meaning blessed is he subhanahu wa ta'ala our prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam tells us eat that prefasting pre-dawn breakfast for indeed there is an immense wealth of remnant good. There is great blessing in aur not only from a physical standpoint but also from a hasset standpoint. A person when they're eating breakfast for the purpose of fasting they're being rewarded. They're being rewarded for every bite. They are in an act of worship when they are eating that. He says, "So what are what is the bare minimum of?" Let's quantify it. He said, "And a person would be considered to have had even if they swallow one gulp of water." Just swallow one gulp of water. This is considered to be the person has done. This is the bare minimum of.

[Silence]

Collected in his authentic compilation on the authority of Abdullahb al may Allah be pleased with him and his father both our companion companions. He said the messenger of Allah said have that pre-dawn breakfast. Take even if only one gulp of water. So by this statement the bare minimum of a is at least one drink of water. and making a as close to the break of dawn as possible. This is something which as well is highly encouraged by our prophet sallall.aii wasallam. He says anis what is anis's abs. Okay, look at that. We have a historian here too. Mashallah.

[Silence]

Bkari Muslim. We'll end with this narration. The clock is kicking me out. in Bkari Muslim Malik narrates that said now we have a companion narrating from a companion but is a more senior companion than anis zabit is one of the major reciters of the Quran he's one of the major and he's also one of the scribes of the prophet Sallallah.aii wasallam which is a a very very high station. This is a station of immense esteem to be the prophet's scribe for the Quran. So Annis who is a minor companion compared to Zet who is a more or more senior companion. Annus asks Zinab and narrates that Zinab told them. He said, "We had a with the prophet sallall.aii wasallam and then he got up and made salah." Which salah is this? So we understand from that that was how close to very close for him to have breakfast and then get up to make salah. This means they were very very close right up to the last minute. And so Annis asked Zade, he said, "How much time was there between and then for?" He said about 50 verses. About 50 verses. We could quantify that to be roughly 10 minutes roughly because the verses are not very long verses nor are they very short verses. Medium verses recited in a moderate pace. This is 50 verses. So it's roughly 10 minutes. So there was roughly 10 minutes 10 to 12 minutes between his and his salah or the and tomorrow inshallah we will speak about the topic of when ends absolutely ends and when I absolutely begins.

[Arabic recitation]