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Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan based on the Maghrib call to prayer (adhan) on television, according to the timing of the capital city, knowing the distance from the capital?

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Breaking the fast in Ramadan occurs at sunset, based on the Almighty's saying: ﴿Then complete the fast until the night﴾ (Quran 2:187), and the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "When night approaches from this side, and the day departs from this side, and the sun sets, then the fasting person has broken his fast." If you are unable to ascertain the time of sunset, it is permissible to follow a trustworthy muezzin who is knowledgeable of the times.

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