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2314. Abū Ishāq reported from Al-Barā', who said: "When a man fasted, then slept, he would not eat until the next (sunset). Sirmah bin Qais Al Anṣārī[1] was fasting, and he came to his wife and asked her: 'Do you have anything (to eat)?' She replied: 'No, but I will go and seek something for you.' While she was away, sleep overpowered him. When she saw him asleep upon her return, she said: 'What a disappointment for you!' Thus by midday of the following day he fainted, as he used to work all day long on his land. That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and the following was revealed: It is made lawful for you to have sexual relations with your wives on the night of fast....' He recited up to: of dawn.[2] (Sahih)
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On the face of it, this Hadīth seems to be in conflict with the one before it, for it states that until then, the rule was that even if a person that had fasted in the day had a nap after Iftār (regardless of whether he had performed his 'Ishā' prayer or not), the door of having food, drink and sexual relations was legally closed for him. Scholars of Hadīth, however, see no conflict between the two and suggest that either of the two actions (sleep or 'Ishā' prayer) was cause enough to bar a person from indulging in those acts until the next Iftār time. Thereafter, Allāh granted the permission to perform those acts from
after sunset until dawn, which was a great relief for them.
