Do you start the fast at the beginning of Fajr

S02 · August 3, 2011, 3:11pm

Re: Do you start the fast at the beginning of Fajr

Im finding this confusing too…so Im in UK…

so looking at two diff websites for slough it says the following:
1st website:
Fajr is at 4.14 and sunrise is at 5.28..So does this mean you have to stop eating 30 mins before fajr? I would think u can eat up until like 4.12

2nd website:
First light of dawn is at 2.40 and sunrise is at 5.25-This seems completely wrong to me coz its not bright at that time!!

My husband says that you can eat up until the light of sunrise…in the old days people used to eat about 30 mins before fajr time because they used to go mosque to pray and so by the time they would come back fajr time would be over…Allah paak only knows if thats true or not…but thats what hes heard..

Its so confusing…!!

It should be pretty simple to follow but I think everyone just ends up confusing each other…so like the radio and TV say fast starts at like 3:38…who to follow? I think local mosque has some crazy time of 3:15…which sounds wrong coz its 1hr before fajr time??

Thanks in advance

They are in the UK too.