Is breaking the fast ten minutes before the Maghrib call to prayer considered part of the Sunnah, and is there any authentic Hadith reported to that effect?
Breaking the fast is linked to sunset, not to the call to prayer () by the muezzin. If the sun has set, it is permissible to break the fast, based on Allah’s Almighty saying: "Then complete the fast until the night." And based on the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) saying: "When the night approaches from this side, and the day departs from that side, and the sun sets, then the fasting person has broken his fast."
If the muezzin calls the adhan after sunset, it is permissible to break the fast after verifying sunset, and it is recommended to hasten it.
However, if the muezzin calls the adhan at the exact entry of the time, then breaking the fast before the adhan and before sunset invalidates the fast, and it is considered a major sin if the fast was obligatory. Sincere repentance and making up for those days are then required.
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