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Sehri & Iftar
86 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Sehri & Iftar, part of Fasting & Ramadan. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Sehri & Iftar fatawa — page 1 of 3
- Mufti Online5 Oct 2026
Using google to determine when sehri time ends
According to Google it says that sehri ends at 4:39am. I asked my grandmother and she told me sehri ends at 4:32am. I didn't know sehri ends at 4:32…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Camperdown18 Apr 2026
Unknowingly Eating After Sehri Time Has Ended
What happens if a person wakes up thinking it is still Sehri time and starts eating, but later checks the time and realizes that Fajr had already…
Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek - Mufti Online14 Apr 2026
Missing sehri when having the intention to fast
I had the niyyah to fast, but I missed sehri and my Fajr salaah. I was in a state of janabaah. If I woke up to make ghusl is my fast still valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN19 Feb 2026
Which Location’s Sehri Time Applies When Travelling?
We will be traveling via Doha, arriving there at 5:30 AM, with a two-hour layover before continuing on to Madinah. My question is: While en route to…
Mufti Muhammed Hamza Farooqui - Azaadville8 Mar 2025
Unintentionally Breaking The Fast Before The Time Of Iftaar
When I was in my youth I was once sitting with a group of friends just before iftaar time in Ramadhaan. One of my friends jokingly said that it was…
- Mufti Online17 Oct 2024
Validity of the fast if one ate after sehri time expired
Sehri ended at 4:15 today. I ate until 4:16. I realized this about 20 minutes later when I went to the masjid. Is the fast valid? Or should I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Apr 2024
Eating past sehri time for a nafl fast
A brother ate past Fajr starting time for his nafl fast and so his fast is broken, and he will need to do qadha. However will he also need to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN20 Mar 2024
Can a person make an intention to keep a Fast after Sehri time has ended?
Can a person make an intention to keep a fardh/Sunnah/nafl fast after Sehri has ended?
- Jamiat KZN23 Jan 2024
Eating beyond the Jamiat Suhoor time
Q. I came across the salah timetable of Jamiat and found that the suhoor end time and Fajr start time are different. I happened to eat past the…
Mufti Moosa Salie - Mufti Online24 Dec 2023
Doubted whether one ate after sehri time ended
1. I am making up the fasts that I missed in Ramadhaan. Today fajr began at 5:52am but I mistakenly assumed it was 5:56am and I can’t remember if I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Nov 2023
Fasting for one who intends travelling after sehri ends
Say for instance it is Ramadhaan now and it is Monday today. I intend travelling more than safr distance tomorrow. I will be flying at 8am (after…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville4 Sep 2023
Partaking Of Sehri For Nafl And Qadha Fasts
Does one have to partake of Suhoor/Sehri for Nafl or Qadha fasts?
- Mufti Online20 May 2023
Making qaza of a nafl fast if one made the intention to keep it but didn't wake up for sehri
One makes an intention to keep a nafil fast. However, one fails to get up for sehri and decides not to keep the nafil fast. In this situation, is it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam11 Apr 2023
During this Ramadan I slept till it was sun rise and I didn't have my suhoor, but I continuded to fast, is my fasting valid?
During this Ramadan I slept till it was sun rise and I didn't have my suhoor, but I continuded to fast, is my fasting valid?
Abduz Zaman - Ask Imaam4 Apr 2023
Should the dua for iftaar be read before or after breaking the fast?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I would like to enquire as to when the duas for iftaar shoud be read-ie. Before partaking of the kajoor and zam zam…
Shibly bin Mizan - Ibn Masood30 Mar 2023
Sounding a siren for Iftaar and Sehri
In our area (Lenasia) there are a couple of Masjids that use the siren to indicate the ending of Sehri time. The siren is sounded for about 10…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ask Imaam27 Mar 2023
If I make an intention to fast at night, but I did not wake up for suhoor, can I choose to not fast?
If I make an intention to make the sunnah fast of Monday or Thursday the night of, but I do not wake up for suhūr, can I choose to not fast, even…
Muftī Abrar Mirza - Mufti Online31 Jul 2021
Best food to break one's fast with
What is the best thing to break one's fast with?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam29 Apr 2021
My menses ended and I missed Fajr and Suhoor due to sleep. Can I make Ghusl and fast?
If a woman's mensural cycle ends before fajr of a voluntary fasting day and infact does not pray the fajr and eat suhur due to sleep can the woman…
Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah - Mufti Online27 Feb 2021
Making fardh ghusal after sehri
As the month of Ramadhaan approaches, I would like to ask the following: 1. If a person goes to sleep and upon waking up for sehri, he notices he is…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Oct 2020
Gargling and cleaning one's nose before sehri ends and thereafter making ghusal
Can a person gargle and make istinshaaq before sehri ends and thereafter make ghusal?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Apr 2020
The masnoon dua of iftaar
When should the following masnoon dua of iftaar be recited. Should it be read before one opens his fast or after one opens his fast? اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam16 Apr 2020
Time for sunset and Iftar in Ramadaan
Assalamu Alaikum, For example, in Chittagong, Sunset is at 5.11 pm ..... When should I break my fast? at 5.12 pm or 5.13 pm? how many minutes should…
Saad Haque - Mufti Online18 Jan 2020
Is it compulsory to make a verbal intention to fast?
What is the status of my fast if I did not make a verbal intention? I simply knew in my mind that I am keeping a Ramadhaan fast.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam19 Oct 2019
Should I follow 18 degrees or the 3am suhoor time?
Asalam alaikum My husband works away from home in another European country and follows the 3am suhoor times. I am in London following the 18 degrees…
- Mufti Online17 Sep 2019
Eating and drinking till the last minute for sehri
If sehri is finishing at 4.31 and I drink water till 4.31, is my fast valid or not?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Aug 2019
Drinking water one minute after sehri time ends
As I am fasting I thought the last time for sehri was 3:50am (mistakenly) but the actual last time for sehri was 3:49am. I drank water at 3:50am…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Jun 2019
Following Saudi Arabia times when fasting
My question is regarding the upcoming Ramadhaan. I am a young married man of 33 years. I have no disease, Alhamdulillah, no limitations that I can…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Jan 2019
Flossing one's teeth before fasting
Is it obligatory to floss after eating when a person is fasting? Sometimes food can get stuck and I can't feel it there.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2018
Breaking one's fast according to the sunset time mentioned on apps and websites
I’m fasting. I try to follow the most accurate sunset times. Of course these different sites and apps make estimates of what sunset time is. For…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2018Roman Urdu
Tez bukhaar ki haalat me roza torna
Agar koi tez bukhar ki halat me shadeed pyas me roza torde tu kia kuffarah dena hoga ya sirf ek qaza roza rakhna hoga?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Oct 2018
Eating after sehri ends
I woke up this morning and drank water after fajr. Not realizing I needed to fast today. However, since then I haven't eaten or drank and want to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Jul 2018
Fasting without sehri
If I keep my qaza fasts and nafl fasts without eating sehri, will the reward be less?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Jul 2018
Sehri times
How we can decide when it's the right time to stop sehri?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Mar 2018
Breaking one's intention to fast after fajr due to not waking up for sehri
What if one breaks the niyah of روزہ قضا after azan of fajr because he wasnt able to wake up for suhoor.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Feb 2018
Breaking one's fast thinking that azaan is being given
If a person thought the athaan went off while fasting in Ramadhaan (he heard the athaan on the radio or someone gave the athaan as a prank) and he…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 May 2017
Eating after sehri time
Sehri time till is 04:03am but I not knowing ended my sehri at 04:10am. Later I found the correct time. Is my roza valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Mar 2017
Fasting while travelling
1. I have read that one can only miss his fast if one is a traveller at sehri time. What will be the ruling of an individual who is travelling…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Feb 2017
Breaking one's fast without listening to the Azaan
Can I break my fast without listening to the Azan at Maghrib time? E.g.: I'm traveling and I don't have the facility to hear the Azan.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Aug 2016
Making qadha due to eating sehri after fajr time sets in
On the first day of Ramadhaan I did not know about the 18 degrees fajr time so I ate suhoor after fajr entered according to 18 degrees fajr time.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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