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Sunan Abu DawudFasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Sunan Abu Dawud 2349

Chapter: The Time Of Sahur

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2349

Narrator:Adiyy ibn Hātim

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏‏{‏ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ ‏}‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَخَذْتُ عِقَالاً أَبْيَضَ وَعِقَالاً أَسْوَدَ فَوَضَعْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَضَحِكَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ

وِسَادَكَ لَعَرِيضٌ طَوِيلٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ ‏"

Narrated 'Adi b. Hatim:

When the verse "Until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread" was revealed, I took a white rope and a black rope, and placed them beneath my pillow ; and then I looked at them, byt they were not clear to me. So I mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He laughed and said: Your pillow is so broad and lengthy ; that is (i.e. means) night and day. The version of the narrator 'Uthman has: That is the blackness of night and whiteness of day.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2349).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَة ) : قَالَ الْحَافِظ فِي الْفَتْح : ظَاهِره أَنَّ عَدِيًّا كَانَ حَاضِرًا لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَة وَهُوَ يَقْتَضِي تَقَدُّم إِسْلَامه وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ , لِأَنَّ نُزُول فَرْض الصَّوْم كَانَ مُتَقَدِّمًا فِي أَوَائِل الْهِجْرَة وَإِسْلَام عَدِيٍّ كَانَ فِي التَّاسِعَة أَوْ الْعَاشِرَة. فَيُؤَوَّل قَوْل عَدِيٍّ هَذَا عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَاد بِقَوْلِهِ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ أَيْ لَمَّا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيَّ عِنْد إِسْلَامِيّ , أَوْ لَمَّا بَلَغَنِي نُزُول الْآيَة أَوْ فِي السِّيَاق حَذْف تَقْدِيره لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ الْآيَة ثُمَّ قَدِمْت فَأَسْلَمْت وَتَعَلَّمْت الشَّرَائِع ( أَخَذْت ) : وَقَدْ رَوَى أَحْمَد حَدِيثه مِنْ طَرِيق مُجَالِد بِلَفْظِ : عَلَّمَنِي رَسُول اللَّه…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 2349
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2349
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (1916) Sahih Muslim (1090) The hadith No. 2349
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2349

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  • أحكام القرآن للجصاص (107)حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ سورة البقرة آية 187 قَالَ : أَخَذْتُ عِقَالا أَبْيَضَ وَعِقَالا أَسْوَدَ فَوَضَعْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي , فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ , فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ، ﷺ ، فَضَحِكَ فَقَالَ : إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَع
  • صحيح ابن حبان (3545)حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ سورة البقرة آية 187 ، أَخَذْتُ عِقَالا أَبِيَضَ وَعِقَالا أَسُوَدَ ، فَوَضَعْتُهَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي ، فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَضَحِكَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ طَوِيلٌ

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4509

`Adi took a white rope (or thread) and a black one, and when some part of the night had passed, he looked at them but he could not distinguish one from the other. The next morning he said, "O Allah's Apostle! I put (a white thread and a black thread) underneath my pillow." The Prophet (ﷺ) said…

إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ أَنْ كَانَ الْخَيْطُ الأَبْيَضُ وَالأَسْوَدُ تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِكَ ‏"

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1090

" Until the white streak of the dawn becomes distinct from the dark streak" (ii. 187) Adi b. Hatim said: Messenger of Allah, verily I keep underneath my pillow two strings, one white and the other black, by which I distinguish night from dawn. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Your pillow…

إِنَّ وِسَادَتَكَ لَعَرِيضٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ سَوَادُ اللَّيْلِ وَبَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ ‏"

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4510

I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What is the meaning of the white thread distinct from the black thread? Are these two threads?" He said, "You are not intelligent if you watch the two threads." He then added, "No, it is the darkness of the night and the whiteness of the day.''

إِنَّكَ لَعَرِيضُ الْقَفَا إِنْ أَبْصَرْتَ الْخَيْطَيْنِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ بَلْ هُوَ سَوَادُ اللَّيْلِ وَبَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ ‏"

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