The Sacred-Law and Lexical Day

Question

Please clarify from what point to what point the "day" extends in Sacred Law. If the day is counted from true dawn (subh sadiq) until sunset, how is this to be reconciled with the Qur’anic command "Complete the fast until night": [ar]أَتِمُّوا ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ[/ar] (Surah al-Baqara, 2:187) — and with the hadith: [ar]صَلَاةُ النَّهَارِ عَجْمَاءُ[/ar] "The day prayer is silent"? For according to the verse, maghrib (sunset)

Answer

The Sacred-Law day (nahar shar’i) begins at true dawn (subh sadiq) and ends at sunset: "The Sacred-Law day is from the break of dawn (fajr) to sunset" (Shami, vol. 2, p. 80). The customary (‘urfi) day begins at sunrise and ends at sunset; in certain matters the Sacred Law takes this into account as well.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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