DDHK. ORG – When imsak becomes a familiar thing for the people muslim during Ramadan. Imsak is often interpreted as a marker of the end of sahur time and the start of fasting time. But is it permissible during imsak but still eat or drink?
Reporting from Republika, Lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Religion, Islamic Family Law Study Program, Muhammadiyah University Poor (UMM), Agus Supriadi explained, linguistically imsak, al imsak, or as shoum means to refrain from eating, drinking, and having sex with husband and wife from sunrise to sunset. Imsak has the same meaning as fasting, which is self-restraint.
Imsak literacy itself is well known in Indonesia and has a special meaning. Referring to the 1400s, imsak began to be heard in the Ottoman era and also in Egypt.
"The Imsak in question is the moment five to 10 minutes before the dawn call to prayer resounds," he said, Wednesday (12/4/2023).
The Indonesian Ministry of Religion through the reckoning and rukyat team in 2016 and also Indonesian clerics agreed on a special schedule related to imsak time.
This schedule is used as a reminder or yellow light for people who are fasting to immediately prepare to refrain from various desires, including eating and drinking.
Imsak is usually used to clean oneself or mouth from leftover food after sahur. So, what is the ruling if someone eats and drinks at the time of imsak?
The UMM lecturer who is familiarly called Agus explained that eating and drinking during imsak time is permitted. That's because basically the time of fasting begins when the dawn call to prayer reverberates.
Based on the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad, from Zaid bin Thabit radhiyallahu 'anhu that Rasulullah SAW, explained the distance between the call to prayer and dawn, namely simply reading 50 verses. This hadith was narrated by Bukhari and Muslim.
From this hadith, the Ministry of Religion in Indonesia agrees that the imsak time is approximately five to 10 minutes before dawn.
What is certain, he said, is that the imsak is not an obligatory sign for Muslims to stop the meal. "Imsak is a yellow light or just being careful so we don't go too far at dawn," said Agus. [DDHK News]
