Many believers face difficulty when met with invitations to break their fast during the month of Ramadan—which is recommended—due to the differences of opinion among jurists on whether sunset (maghrib) is established when the entire sun disappears below the horizon or when redness in the eastern sky disappears. Therefore, is it permissible to break the fast with everyone, taking into account harmony between relatives, friends, and others?
The time for breaking the fast according to Islamic law is the commencement of maghrib prayer which is established by the disappearance of redness in the eastern sky, even for those who know that the sun has set based on obligatory precaution. [Obligatory precaution in this case means a duty-bound person may resort to another qualified jurist who considers it sufficient that maghrib is established upon the disappearance of the sun]. Believers are expected to respect the other views and not to allow those who want to use the difference in jurisprudential views to create disunity among the believers.