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Sahih al-Bukhari 1918

Chapter: "The Adhan of Bilal should not stop you from taking Sahur"

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 1918

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ‏.‏وَالْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ بِلاَلاً، كَانَ يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يُؤَذِّنَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُؤَذِّنُ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ ‏"

Narrated `Aisha:

Bilal used to pronounce the Adhan at night, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? said, "Carry on taking your meals (eat and drink) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan, for he does not pronounce it till it is dawn.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 1918).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ اِبْنِ عُمَرَ وَالْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ) بِالْجَرِّ عَطْفًا عَلَى نَافِعٍ لَا عَلَى اِبْنِ عُمَرَ , لِأَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ رَوَاهُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ اِبْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَنْ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ الْكَلَامُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَوَاقِيتِ.…

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  • المقصد العلي في زوائد أبي يعلى الموصلي جزء (452)كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يُؤَذِّنَ بِلالٌ
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