Fourth: al-Shawkānī conceded in "Nayl" (4/220) to the correctness of Ibn al-Munīr's statement: "There is no specific evidence prohibiting eating during a voluntary fast without excuse except the general evidence such as the saying of Allāh: *'And do not invalidate your deeds'*; however, the specific takes precedence over the general, as in the ḥadīth of Salmān..." if that is the case, then the verse in its generality is a clear evidence for us in this matter, as there is no specific evidence for it in our situation. And Allāh knows best.

"As for what follows, O people, Allāh has removed from you the arrogance of ignorance. People are of two kinds: a righteous, pious person who is noble to his Lord, and a sinful, wretched person who is insignificant to his Lord." Then he recited: *"O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another"* until he completed the verse. Then he said: "I say this and ask Allāh for forgiveness for me and for you." It was narrated by Ibn Ḥibbān in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (3817): Makḥūl informed us in (Beirut) saying: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rajāʾ narrated to us, saying: Mūsá ibn ʿUqbah narrated from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār from Ibn ʿUmar who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) circumambulated on his camel al-Qaṣwāʾ on the day of the conquest and touched the corner with his stick, and he did not find a place for it to kneel in the mosque until it was taken to the valley's bottom and made to kneel. Then he praised Allāh and extolled Him, then said: and he mentioned it. I say: This isnād is authentic; its men are trustworthy, the men of Muslim, except for Makḥūl and his teacher Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd, both of whom are well-known trustworthy individuals